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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What continues to torment Tom even though he is proud and fulfilled in his marriage?
(a) He yearns for Anna's love because she is his hope.
(b) He worried that his sons will fight over the farm.
(c) He worries about the farm and finances.
(d) He is afraid his sons will not want the farm.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lydia and Tom discover about each other after two years of marriage?

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

3. What does Will discover about himself as he kisses Anna in the moonlight?

4. Whose imminent visit from Nottingham excites the 18-year-old Anna?

5. Where have generations of Brangwens lived?

(see the answer key)

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