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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the town of Cossethay grow quickly, making the Brangwen's richer?
(a) The town offers public education
(b) More people are getting married and having children
(c) There is a goldrush.
(d) The Midland Railway comes down the valley.

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

3. How does Tom feel as he watches his wife in the pain of childbirth?
(a) He just wants it to be over.
(b) He wishes they weren't having a baby.
(c) He is indifferent to her moans of pain.
(d) His heart is tortured, yet he is at peace.

4. What is Tom's reaction to Lydia after they are married and the guests leave?
(a) He is ecstatic with joy and cannot wait to hold her.
(b) He is indifferent to his new wife.
(c) He is terrified at her strangeness and cannot meet her eyes.
(d) He is rough and cruel to her.

5. What is the reason Tom Brangwen's wife believes the vicar's children are seen as superior to her own?
(a) Wealth and power
(b) Heritage and money
(c) Education and experience
(d) Class and virtue

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom finally meet Mrs. Lensky, carrying on a conversation with her?

2. Why does the care of the farm fall upon Tom's shoulders when he is eighteen?

3. What do Paul, a young doctor, and Lydia Lensky, a nurse, represent in Poland?

4. What is Tom's attitude toward his own life while his wife is miserable?

5. Where is Anna's favorite place to stop on the way to the cattle market?

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