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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What would happen to the women of Cossethay if the vicar, Lord William, and Mrs. Hardy were taken away from them?
(a) They would feel less intimidated.
(b) They would feel more at ease in public.
(c) They would feel more successful with their lives.
(d) They would be heavy, uninspired, and hateful.

3. 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 enjoys all the men, smells, and noise around her.
(d) She likes talking to all the men at the market.

4. When does Ursula feel the most secure, warm, and happy?
(a) When she is with her baby sister
(b) When the whole family gathers at the table
(c) When her father returns home
(d) When her mother is in the house

5. What lesson about life did Ursula learn at an early age after her father insults her for stepping in the seed beds?
(a) She learned to obey her father.
(b) She learned to go to her mother for sympathy.
(c) She learned to rely on her sisters.
(d) She learned to harden herself from the outside world.

6. Why is Tom glad that his wife Lydia is there for him on Anna's wedding day?
(a) She will help him forget his loss of Anna.
(b) She will sustain him among all of the people attending the wedding.
(c) She will arrange the party after the wedding.
(d) She will tell him what he should do during the ceremony.

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

8. Why does Anna relinquish her adventurous spirit and wonder of the unknown?
(a) Her father tells her to grow up.
(b) She becomes content with another pregnancy.
(c) She is beaten down by William.
(d) Her mother tells her to be a responsible wife.

9. Whose imminent visit from Nottingham excites the 18-year-old Anna?
(a) Her real father
(b) Her cousin Will
(c) Her friend, Tilly
(d) Her Uncle Alfred

10. Who does Tom believe he is destined to marry?
(a) The Polish widow, Mrs. Lensky
(b) The vicar's daughter
(c) Anna
(d) Tilly's sister

11. How does Tom feel about his new son?
(a) He adores his new son and wants to hold him constantly.
(b) He loves Anna more than his own son.
(c) He loves his son more than his step-daughter, Anna.
(d) He wishes he had a baby girl instead.

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

13. What is Tom contemplating as he stands at the altar with Anna on her wedding day?
(a) Should he refuse to give Anna away?
(b) Should he take Anna and leave the church?
(c) What will his life be like without Anna?
(d) How does a person grow old and become confident?

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

15. How does William's relationship with Ursula change after the birth of Gudrun?
(a) He ignores her in favor of Gudrun.
(b) Everything Ursula does irritates him.
(c) He takes her to his heart.
(d) He begins to hate Ursula.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where have generations of Brangwens lived?

2. What is Anna unable to tell William for four days, while they battle with each other?

3. What does Alfred tell Tom every person must do?

4. How does Anna view her relationship with her cousin Will?

5. What does Tom crave more than ever from his wife?

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