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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tom's attitude toward his own life while his wife is miserable?
(a) He doesn't care that his wife is in misery.
(b) He is moody and miserable too.
(c) He is always happy.
(d) He keeps the pain at the bottom of his heart and enjoys his life.

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

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

4. What is Anna's emotional response to the cathedral?
(a) She finally agrees with William's passion for the church.
(b) She feels God is alive at the altar.
(c) She wants to remain in its confines forever.
(d) She is in awe, but prefers the freedom of the sky.

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

6. What does Brangwen find to replace the desires he has for his wife?
(a) He becomes closer to Anna and drinks more.
(b) He works day and night.
(c) He spends all his time at the bar.
(d) He reads throughout the night.

7. Why does the care of the farm fall upon Tom's shoulders when he is eighteen?
(a) His father falls off the stack, breaking his neck.
(b) His father feels he is ready to take on the responsibility
(c) His brother, Alfred, tells his he has to do the farming.
(d) His mother forces him to do the farming.

8. What is it about Anna that leaves William unsatisfied and unfulfilled?
(a) Her pregnancy
(b) Her flowery innocence
(c) Her ugly nature
(d) Her maturity

9. What is Ursula's impression of her father?
(a) He is full of magic and fascination to her.
(b) He is a stranger to her.
(c) He is cruel and heartless to her.
(d) He is indifferent and loveless to her.

10. Why does the town of Cossethay grow quickly, making the Brangwen's richer?
(a) The town offers public education
(b) The Midland Railway comes down the valley.
(c) More people are getting married and having children
(d) There is a goldrush.

11. What does Tom find hard to bear when he thinks about Mrs. Lensky?
(a) He can't bear that she is six years older than he is.
(b) He can't stand that she has a daughter.
(c) He can't bear that she was married before.
(d) He can't stand that they are complete strangers to each other.

12. What do Tom, Alfred, Frank, the brother-in-law, William's brother, and six other men decide to do after Anna and Will leave for their cottage?
(a) They decide to have wrestling matches.
(b) They decide to go to the pub for a drink.
(c) They decide to go to the cottage and sing a carol.
(d) They decide to have a horse race.

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

14. What does William ask the girl sitting next to him in the Empire ?
(a) If she would like to go to the tea shop with him
(b) How old she is
(c) If she goes to college
(d) If she has a husband

15. What does Tom crave more than ever from his wife?
(a) Quiet conversations
(b) Love and passion
(c) Obedience
(d) Her stories about Poland

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Anna relinquish her adventurous spirit and wonder of the unknown?

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

3. What continues to torment Tom even though he is proud and fulfilled in his marriage?

4. What is the question William asks himself when he and Anna are constantly tormenting one another?

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

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