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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. After Gudrun announces to Loerke that she and Gerald aren’t married in Chapter 30, Gerald gets up and goes to discuss what writer and artist?

2. Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 19, “I hate ecstasy, Dionysic or any other. It's like going round in” what?

3. What does Winifred fret over giving Gudrun when she arrives in Chapter 21?

4. Birkin exclaims to Ursula in the marketplace in Chapter 26, “It is all possessions, possessions, bullying you and turning you into” what?

5. By what nickname does Gudrun frequently call her sister in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gerald do when he encounters Gudrun and Loerke talking in the snow in Chapter 30?

2. How does the relationship between Gudrun and Gerald begin to change after the departure of Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 30?

3. What is significant about the relationships in the novel as presented through the conversation of Gerald and Birkin in Chapter 25?

4. What are Ursula and Gudrun’s impressions of Herr Loerke in Chapter 29?

5. What causes the fight between Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 23? What takes place during the fight?

6. How does Gudrun respond to Gerald’s socializing with the Germans at the inn in Hohenhausen in Chapter 29?

7. Who do Ursula, Birkin, Gerald and Gudrun meet at the inn in Hohenhausen in Chapter 29?

8. How does Ursula’s father react when she tells her family she will wed Birkin the next day in Chapter 27?

9. Where do Ursula and Gudrun go together in Chapter 27? What do they discuss while there?

10. How does the illness of Mr. Crich influence the atmosphere and actions of the narrative in Chapter 21?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the author’s style of language in the novel. Do you find the narrative easy to read and understand, or does it require effort to follow the author’s meaning? How is the style of language relative to the characters and setting? What literary devices are commonly used throughout the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the different styles and origins of the artwork described in the Halliday flat in Chapters 6-8. How are the African sculptures described? How common were works of African art in London at this time? Where did the art originate and how is its style defined?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Ursula and Birkin’s viewpoints about their future, travel, and the meaning of “home.” What does Birkin want to achieve through traveling and leaving convention behind? How does Ursula feel about Birkin’s ideals? What are Ursula’s views on conventional home life?

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