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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does a darkness and dread come over Lydia's mind?
(a) After her two children die of diphtheria
(b) At the start of the war
(c) When she marries Paul Lensky
(d) When she becomes a nurse

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

3. How does Anna feel about people she meets outside the Marsh farm?
(a) She is very friendly when meeting other people.
(b) She thinks they belittle her and despises them.
(c) She enjoys conversing with other people.
(d) She loves other people.

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

5. Where does Tom take Anna as she hysterically cries for her mother?
(a) He takes her to the kitchen for a glass of water.
(b) He takes her to her mother.
(c) He takes her in the quiet, warm barn to feed the cows.
(d) He takes her to her bed, demanding that she stop crying.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How successful is Tom Brangwen at his school studies?

5. How does Anna react as she sits at the bar while Tom goes to sell his cow at the cattle market?

(see the answer key)

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