The Rainbow Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Rainbow Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What does Tom see in the loft of the barn that distresses him, making him feel like an old man?

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

3. Who dominates the whole wedding party?

4. What is it about Anna that leaves William unsatisfied and unfulfilled?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Compare the way Anna and William view Lincoln Cathedral as they walk through the doors.

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

5. Explain William's relationship with Ursula after the birth of Gudrun.

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

7. Explain how the Brangwens come into more money as they live on the Marsh farm.

8. Describe the hatred that grows in seventeen-year-old, Anna, toward her mother.

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

10. Describe the toast Tom gives at Anna's wedding party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) During the novel, the reader is introduced to the views of women as depicted by Tom Brangwen, William Brangwen and Anton Bresnesky.

2) Compare the views which are revealed by these three men toward women.

3) Cite examples from the story. How do their attitudes toward women affect the way women react to them?

Essay Topic 2

1) Discuss how Ursula Brangwen grows as a character from the beginning of the novel to the end.

2) How do her attitudes change toward William, Uncle Tom, Winifred and Anna?

3) How does her attitude about her quest for freedom change throughout the novel?

4) What are the differences in her attitude toward the meaning of life from the beginning to the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

1) Analyze Ursula's coming of age throughout the novel.

2) What fears and emotions does she experience as he grows from childhood to adulthood?

3) How does her outlook on life, education, and love change as she develops from a young girl into a woman?

4) Cite examples of the character changes in Ursula throughout her life.

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