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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the great peace that Ursula finds when she visits her grandmother in her bedroom on Marsh farm?
(a) To know that her grandmother loves her
(b) To know she will get anything she wants from her grandmother
(c) To know her own importance within all those who lived before her
(d) To know she can have all the sweets she wants

2. What is Ursula's secret weapon toward independence if her studies do not work out?
(a) Starting a seamstress business
(b) Being a woman
(c) Hiring someone to take the exam for her
(d) Having a tutor

3. Who is a great comfort to Ursula while she shrinks away from other people, afraid she is not like them?
(a) Gudrun
(b) Uncle Fred
(c) William
(d) Uncle Tom

4. How does Tom Brangwen die after returning home from Nottingham?
(a) He has a heart attack.
(b) His horse kicks him in the head.
(c) He dies in his sleep.
(d) He drowns in the flood.

5. What does William witness that torments him for the rest of his life?
(a) An old woman, dead and alone for two weeks
(b) A violent knifing in Cossethay
(c) A child drowning in the pond
(d) The pregnant Anna, dancing naked in the bedroom

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Effie and Tom begin fiercely quarreling with each other?

2. How does William adapt to life as a husband and father of three children?

3. What gift does Tom give Will and Anna for their wedding?

4. What does Tom say a man's soul and a woman's soul united in marriage becomes?

5. What is it about Christmas day that disappoints the Brangwens?

(see the answer key)

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