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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are William's thoughts about the cathedral as he returns home?
(a) The cathedral is his reality.
(b) The cathedral is his doorway to heaven.
(c) The cathedral doorway to eternity is false.
(d) The cathedral is his absolute.

2. Where does Tom take Anna as she hysterically cries for her mother?
(a) He takes her in the quiet, warm barn to feed the cows.
(b) He takes her to the kitchen for a glass of water.
(c) He takes her to her mother.
(d) He takes her to her bed, demanding that she stop crying.

3. Why does William begin to hate Anna as she talks to him about the carvings in the cathedral?
(a) She is destroying another one of his illusions.
(b) She insults his carving abilities as she looks at the carvings in the church.
(c) She is more passionate about the cathedral than he is.
(d) She tells him he will never be awed as she is with the cathedral.

4. How does Ursula feel as she waits for Anton to come home?
(a) Detached
(b) Liberated
(c) Unemotional
(d) Helpless

5. What does William ask the girl sitting next to him in the Empire ?
(a) If she would like to go to the tea shop with him
(b) How old she is
(c) If she goes to college
(d) If she has a husband

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ursula consumed with a fear of herself when she and Anton are in the cornstacks after the wedding?

2. How does Lydia see herself when she is married to Paul Lensky?

3. What does Anna say to Tom that cuts him to the heart?

4. Why is Lydia thankful to Tom for the life he gave her?

5. How does Tom feel about his new son?

(see the answer key)

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