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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tom contemplating as he stands at the altar with Anna on her wedding day?
(a) How does a person grow old and become confident?
(b) What will his life be like without Anna?
(c) Should he refuse to give Anna away?
(d) Should he take Anna and leave the church?

2. When do Effie and Tom begin fiercely quarreling with each other?
(a) After their father breaks his neck
(b) After the death of their mother
(c) When Effie becomes engaged
(d) When Tom gets back from school

3. Why does William suffer behind his bright face?
(a) He fears the will of God.
(b) He doesn't have enough to do.
(c) He knows he will never be close to Ursula.
(d) He knows he is limited and unfulfilled.

4. What is William's reaction when he steps through the doors of the cathedral?
(a) He is impressed with the murals.
(b) He is disappointed by the architecture.
(c) His soul soars up into the church.
(d) He doesn't feel any emotion.

5. What is the first woodworking gift Will gives to Anna?
(a) A jewelry box carved with birds
(b) A wooden bowl with carved ivy
(c) Candlesticks with carved flowers
(d) A butter stamp with a phoenix on it

Short Answer Questions

1. What continues to torment Tom even though he is proud and fulfilled in his marriage?

2. What does Tom crave more than ever from his wife?

3. What does Anna find refreshing about the Skrebensky's relationship?

4. How does Tom feel as he watches his wife in the pain of childbirth?

5. William comes home from the park a changed man. How does Anna react to this new side of her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What piece of advice does Alfred give Tom as they walk to Anna and William's cottage?

2. How does William react when he sees Anna dancing naked in the bedroom?

3. Describe what becomes of Lydia's first two children while she is living in Poland with her husband Paul.

4. Explain the relationship between Lydia and Tom after two years of marriage.

5. How does Tom manage to calm Anna down when she constantly screams for her mother while Lydia is in labor?

6. Explain what William asks the girl sitting next to him at the Empire, and what they do together.

7. What is Tom's reaction when Anna hysterically screams that he is not her father?

8. What are the circumstances that bring Tom Brangwen to take over the farm at only eighteen years of age?

9. Explain how Lydia rises out of her darkness and indifference to make a new life for herself.

10. Explain William's feelings toward Anna as she discusses the wood carvings in the cathedral.

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