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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lydia and Tom discover about each other after two years of marriage?
(a) They realize they do not belong together.
(b) They find they will never know one another.
(c) They find fulfillment in each other.
(d) They discover they do not love one another.

2. How does Tom think his brother Alfred feels about him?
(a) Despises him a little
(b) Favors him over Frank
(c) Sees him as a child
(d) Loves him

3. What does William witness that torments him for the rest of his life?
(a) The pregnant Anna, dancing naked in the bedroom
(b) A child drowning in the pond
(c) A violent knifing in Cossethay
(d) An old woman, dead and alone for two weeks

4. What is the vision the author gives of life if one looks at the Resurrection as life, not death?
(a) Those who have risen will walk again in a perfect body among men.
(b) Those who have died never rise again.
(c) Those who have died are corrupted.
(d) Those who have died are bodiless.

5. Ursula resigns herself to teaching until she can do what?
(a) Take over the farm
(b) Go to college
(c) Find other employment
(d) Get married

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ursula do in Cossethay when she realizes she will be moving soon?

2. Who dominates the whole wedding party?

3. Why does William begin to hate Anna as she talks to him about the carvings in the cathedral?

4. What does Anton write in a letter to Ursula after he goes back to the army?

5. When does Ursula feel the most secure, warm, and happy?

(see the answer key)

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