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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Paul, a young doctor, and Lydia Lensky, a nurse, represent in Poland?
(a) The new movement begun in Russia
(b) A traditional Polish couple
(c) The joys of marriage
(d) The obedience of Polish citizens

2. How does Anna get along with other children?
(a) She gets along with everyone.
(b) She loves being around other children.
(c) She sees them as equals and has many friends.
(d) She dominates them, feeling they are inferior.

3. Who does Tom believe he is destined to marry?
(a) Anna
(b) Tilly's sister
(c) The vicar's daughter
(d) The Polish widow, Mrs. Lensky

4. What is Anna's reaction when Tom carries her into the barn?
(a) She becomes quiet and still.
(b) She screams hysterically.
(c) She kicks and screams.
(d) She knocks over the cow's food pail.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom's reaction to Lydia after they are married and the guests leave?

2. How does Lydia emerge from her indifference, becoming a new person?

3. When does a darkness and dread come over Lydia's mind?

4. How does Anna feel about Tom after the baby is born?

5. What does Tom find hard to bear when he thinks about Mrs. Lensky?

(see the answer key)

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