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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alfred tell Tom every person must do?
(a) Everyone needs other people
(b) Go on with life by yourself
(c) No one can be happy alone.
(d) Be happy to have a wife to go through life with

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

3. 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 is afraid his sons will not want the farm.
(c) He worried that his sons will fight over the farm.
(d) He worries about the farm and finances.

4. How old is Ursula when a third child is born to Anna and William?
(a) Ten
(b) Five
(c) Seven
(d) Three

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

6. What type of child is Gudrun?
(a) She is quiet, mild-mannered, but indomitable.
(b) She is slow and meek.
(c) She is volatile and quick tempered.
(d) She is active, and athletic.

7. Where do the wedding party and guests go after the wedding ceremony?
(a) To the Marsh farm for a large meal
(b) To the church hall for dinner and dancing
(c) To Alfred Brangwen's house for a reception
(d) To the pub for drinks

8. How does Will react to Anna's preparations for a tea party?
(a) He is glad to be back in the world.
(b) He is excited, helping with the cleaning.
(c) He can't wait to see other people.
(d) He is angry, retreating into blackness.

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

10. As Anna observes the Skrebensky's relationship, what does she wish for herself?
(a) She wants to be as one person with William.
(b) She wants her own life, not absorbed by William.
(c) She wishes she and William were closer.
(d) She wishes William was more dominant.

11. How does Tom react when Anna refuses to let Tilly put her in her nightdress?
(a) Tom cuddles with Anna, saying she is a good girl.
(b) Tom angrily undresses Anna, putting her in her nightdress himself.
(c) Tom tells Tilly to let Anna go to bed in her clothes.
(d) Tom spanks Anna, telling her to stop crying.

12. Why does Tom love to visit Anna and William?
(a) Because he likes to get away from home
(b) Because it keeps him from work
(c) Because they are glowing and full of life
(d) Because he misses Anna

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

14. What is Tom's secret desire for Anna?
(a) He hopes she will return to Poland when she grows up.
(b) He hopes she will take over the farm someday.
(c) He hopes to make her a lady.
(d) He hopes she will marry a rich man.

15. What does Will ask Mr. and Mrs. Brangwen after he and Anna kiss in the cornfield?
(a) He asks if he can court Anna.
(b) He asks for her hand in marriage.
(c) He asks that they tell Anna he is leaving.
(d) He asks if he can work on the farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom say a man's soul and a woman's soul united in marriage becomes?

2. What is it about Anna that leaves William unsatisfied and unfulfilled?

3. Where have generations of Brangwens lived?

4. Why is Tom glad that his wife Lydia is there for him on Anna's wedding day?

5. What does Anna find refreshing about the Skrebensky's relationship?

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