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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Anna's initial reaction to her mother's marriage to Tom?
(a) She is angry, wanting to move away.
(b) She accepts Tom immediately.
(c) She is happy to have a father.
(d) She is glad her mother has a husband.

2. How does Tom feel about himself after meeting Alfred's lover, the lady, Mrs. Forbes?
(a) He is content with his way of life.
(b) He regrets taking over the farm and not making more of his life.
(c) He is thankful that he doesn't need to live up to a lady's expectations.
(d) He is glad he has the quiet life of a farmer.

3. How does Will view Anna as they wait to be married?
(a) She will make a wonderful home maker.
(b) She is a flame that consumes him.
(c) She is becoming boring.
(d) He is having second thoughts about her.

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 praying
(c) After three days of working in the fields
(d) After three days of constant brandy drinking

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Effie and Tom begin fiercely quarreling with each other?

2. What would happen to the women of Cossethay if the vicar, Lord William, and Mrs. Hardy were taken away from them?

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

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

5. What is the reason Tom Brangwen's wife believes the vicar's children are seen as superior to her own?

(see the answer key)

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