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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Gudrun and Ursula go to in Willey Green to buy honey from in Chapter 17?
(a) Miss Bradley.
(b) Mrs. Kirk.
(c) Miss Inglis.
(d) Mrs. Salmon.

2. What word from Chapter 15 means adverse in tendency or effect; unfriendly; hostile?
(a) Denouement.
(b) Verity.
(c) Pandemic.
(d) Inimical.

3. By what name does Birkin introduce Pussum in Chapter 6?
(a) Miss Darrington.
(b) Miss Varley.
(c) Miss Halliday.
(d) Miss Salmon.

4. Breadalby is described as a house of what architectural style?
(a) Greek.
(b) Roman.
(c) Georgian.
(d) Japanese.

5. The woman who sells honey to Gudrun in Chapter 17 tells her that she left being a servant in the Crich household when Gerald was how old?
(a) 5 and a half years old.
(b) 3 years old.
(c) 1 and a half years old.
(d) 4 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gerald compare himself to Cain in Chapter 14?

2. Which of Gerald’s sisters falls into the lake in Chapter 14?

3. How long does Pussum say she’s known she was pregnant when speaking with Gerald in Chapter 6?

4. By what name is the laborers wife at the mill called in Chapter 12?

5. Gudrun and Ursula row their canoe across the lake to bathe and picnic by a grove of what type of trees in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation does Ursula have with Mrs. Kirk in Chapter 17? Why does she see Mrs. Kirk?

2. What is foreshadowed by the conversation between Birkin and Ursula at the party in Chapter 11?

3. Who do Ursula and Gudrun see leaping into the lake in Chapter 4? What do they remark about the spectacle?

4. What is symbolized by Gudrun’s incident with Winifred’s rabbit, Bismarck, in Chapter 18?

5. Why does Gudrun punch Gerald in the face in Chapter 14? What does this action signify in the narrative?

6. What dispute takes place regarding “love” between Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 13?

7. Who falls into the lake at the Crich party in Chapter 14? What is the outcome of this situation?

8. How does D. H. Lawrence illustrate the miners in Chapter 9? What personal experience of the author’s relates to this depiction?

9. What is symbolized by Ursula’s challenge to Birkin regarding Hermione furnishing his rooms in Chapter 12?

10. What takes place at the party at Breadalby after dinner in Chapter 8?

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