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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 is described in Chapter 8 as “a learned, dry Baronet of fifty, who was always making witticisms and laughing at them heartily in a harsh, horse-laugh”?
(a) Miss Inglis.
(b) Miss Bradley.
(c) Mrs. Varley.
(d) Mrs. Salmon.

2. What is the name of Gerald’s youngest sister in the novel?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Hermione.
(c) Laura.
(d) Winifred.

3. How old is Gudrun in Chapter 1?
(a) 34.
(b) 28.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

4. When Birkin says he’ll quit his job and live without humanity in Chapter 11, Ursula asks him if he has enough money to live on. How much does Birkin respond that he receives per year?
(a) 1,200 pounds.
(b) 400 pounds.
(c) 250 pounds.
(d) 650 pounds.

5. What is the title of Chapter 18?
(a) “Rabbit.”
(b) “Excurse.”
(c) “Diver.”
(d) “Fetish.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Gerald Crich’s mother is repeatedly compared to what type of bird in Chapter 17?

2. Rupert Birkin keeps rooms in what town because most of his work lay chiefly there in Chapter 5?

3. Breadalby is described as a house of what architectural style?

4. After Birkin’s visit to Ursula’s house in Chapter 15, Ursula is stricken by what inexplicable emotion for Birkin?

5. Where has Hermione asked Ursula and Gudrun to come visit her and spend a few days in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is significant about the author’s depiction of Birkin’s friends in London in Chapter 6?

4. How are the bodies found after the party at the Crich estate in Chapter 14?

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

6. What changes does Gerald make in his father’s business in Chapter 17?

7. What do Birkin and Gerald discuss regarding Winifred in Chapter 16?

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

9. What information about Gerald’s past does Ursula relate to Gudrun in Chapter 4?

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

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