1. 1913 saw another major novel, Proust's Swann's Way. Which Lawrence character finds Proust boring and self-important?

   1. Clifford Chatterley

   2. Connie Chatterley

   3. Rupert Birkin

   4. Gudrun Brangwen

2. What does Lawrence share with Ed Balls, Ken Clarke, Julie Myerson and Stella Rimington?

   1. A miner father

   2. Called Bert or Bertha as a child

   3. Unhappy stint as a teacher

   4. Went to school in Nottingham

3. Which animal features most often in his poetry?

   1. Tortoise

   2. Snake

   3. Turkey-cock

   4. Lizard

4. Which nudge-nudge title is NOT a Lawrence work?

   1. Shags at St Joliot

   2. The Boy in the Bush

   3. More Pansies

   4. The Escaped Cock

5. Which British author wrote a book about someone failing to write a book about Lawrence?

   1. Alain de Botton

   2. Geoff Dyer

   3. Howard Jacobson

   4. Anthony Burgess

6. Who pioneered the feminist critique of Lawrence by denouncing his "fraudulent myth" of "the penis as deity"?

   1. Mary Ellmann

   2. Germaine Greer

   3. Angela Carter

   4. Kate Millett

7. Which of Lawrence's novels led to his first encounter with the police?

   1. The White Peacock

   2. The Rainbow

   3. The Trespasser

   4. Sons and Lovers

8. In The Captain's Doll, which natural phenomenon provides a recurring metaphor for the captain's physical frustration?

   1. A thundercloud

   2. A tornado

   3. A glacier

   4. Stormy seas

9. Which aspect of Lady Chatterley's Lover did the attorney general Reginald Manningham-Buller say was key in his decision to prosecute?

   1. Forty-four uses of four-letter expletives

   2. Constance Chatterley's affair

   3. The novel's low price

   4. Lawrence's past offences

10. In an infamous letter to Bertrand Russell, how did Lawrence describe the 'liberty, equality and fraternity' of the French Revolution?

    1. The three-fanged serpent

    2. The beginning of the end

    3. The triumvirate of terror

    4. The great lie

Solutions

1:B, 2:D, 3:A, 4:A, 5:B, 6:D, 7:B, 8:C, 9:C, 10:A

Scores

1. 3 and above.

   Oh dear, off to the coal-house with you

2. 5 and above.

   Oh well, as Lawrence said: 'Love is never a fulfillment. Life is never a thing of continuous bliss.' Better luck next time

3. 7 and above.

   Lawrence described writing as 'like having a good sneeze'. You've certainly caught something off of him - top marks