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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Tom react when Anna refuses to let Tilly put her in her nightdress?
(a) Tom angrily undresses Anna, putting her in her nightdress himself.
(b) Tom spanks Anna, telling her to stop crying.
(c) Tom cuddles with Anna, saying she is a good girl.
(d) Tom tells Tilly to let Anna go to bed in her clothes.

3. How does Anna react as she sits at the bar while Tom goes to sell his cow at the cattle market?
(a) She enjoys all the men, smells, and noise around her.
(b) She feels grown up and hopes Tom will stay away for a while.
(c) She feels alone and thinks Tom will never come back to get her.
(d) She likes talking to all the men at the market.

4. When does Tom find the end of youth's passionate desire, losing his individuality?
(a) After three days of silence and solitude
(b) After three days of constant brandy drinking
(c) After three days of praying
(d) After three days of working in the fields

5. How does Lydia emerge from her indifference, becoming a new person?
(a) She lives through her daughter.
(b) She meets Tom Brangwen in Cossethay.
(c) She decides to move back to Poland.
(d) She falls in love with the vicar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom's reaction when Mrs. Lensky agrees to marry him?

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

3. How does Tom feel about his new son?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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