The Rainbow Test | Final Test - Hard

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

The Rainbow Test | Final 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. When Ursula believes she is pregnant with Anton's child, what does she decide about her mother's life?

2. What keeps Ursula from giving up her studies for the matriculation examination even though they are such a drudgery?

3. What is the final question the author asks about the death of Christ?

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

5. What is Ursula's view of religious scripture?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the most important thing Tom Brangwen gives to Lydia during their marriage.

2. Explain why Ursula keeps up with her studies, despite the dreary work.

3. Summarize the effect Ursula has on Anton as they make love in the cornstacks.

4. Describe Ursula's view of the coal miners when she and Winifred go to visit her Uncle Tom in Wiggiston.

5. Explain Ursula's plans for her future when she discovers that she is pregnant.

6. Describe the Brangwens's Christian devotion and religious practices.

7. What is Ursula's reason for refusing the marriage proposal from Anthony?

8. Explain how Ursula feels about her fellow teachers on her last day at the St. Philip's School.

9. Describe the temperament of Tom Brangwen's son, Tom.

10. Why doesn't Mr. Harby, the schoolmaster, like Ursula Brangwen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Evaluate the relationship between Anna and her mother, Lydia.

2) How does Tom Brangwen affect their relationship with one another?

3) What does her father, Tom Brangwen, wish for Anna's future?

4) How does Anna's attitude toward her mother and stepfather change in the course of the novel?

5) Give examples from the story of how Anna and Lydia interact with one another.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) Interpret the feelings Anna and William have for each other when they begin their relationship.

2) Are their emotions authentic? Explain.

3) Are they truthful with each other? Explain.

4) Compare these emotions with how they interact later in the novel, after they are married.

5) What regrets do they have at the end of the novel with regard to their relationship?

6) How does their relationship differ from the first part of the novel?

(see the answer keys)

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