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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Birkin’s answer in Chapter 11 when Ursula asks him, “Then why do you care about people at all if you don't believe in love? Why do you bother about humanity?”

2. What is the title of Chapter 6?

3. What word from Chapter 9 refers to a coalmine, including all the buildings and equipment?

4. Where does Birkin say Gerald went exploring after fighting in the last war when he introduces him to Pussum in Chapter 6?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What physical conflict takes place between Hermione and Birkin in Chapter 8?

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

3. What are Gudrun and Ursula’s impressions of the Crich party when they arrive in Chapter 14? What do they do after arriving there?

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

5. How is the character of Pussum illustrated in Chapters 6 and 7?

6. How does Ursula’s demeanor change after the Crich party in Chapter 15?

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

8. What happens with the Mino cat in Chapter 13? What does this symbolize?

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

10. How are Gerald and Birkin’s views of the modern world described in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Industrial Revolution and its impact on the culture, society, philosophy, and economy of Great Britain. How does author D. H. Lawrence use the coalmines in the story as a symbolic representation of the Industrial Revolution? How does Gerald fit into this depiction?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of the novel as established in the first chapters. Where in England is the Brangwen homestead? How does the author describe this setting? What were the political, economic, and cultural atmospheres like in England at this time historically? How are these environmental aspects depicted in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of William Brangwen in the novel. How has the author characterized the relationship between the Brangwen patriarch and his daughters? How is this relationship depicted in Chapter 19? What causes the dispute between Will Brangwen and Birkin?

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