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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lydia's advice for Ursula as they discuss Lydia's life with her husbands?
(a) Be responsible for everyone around you.
(b) Take all the blame for things that go wrong.
(c) Life goes on and don't take too much upon yourself.
(d) Depend upon the people around you.

2. Which of the Brangwen boys has a soft, mysterious nature, strange peacefulness, informed air, and brings a foreign touch to the Marsh farm?
(a) William
(b) Fred
(c) Alfred
(d) Tom

3. What does Ursula do in Cossethay when she realizes she will be moving soon?
(a) She avoids everyone in Cossethay.
(b) She won't converse with old acquaintances.
(c) She insults all her old friends.
(d) She visits all her favorite spots.

4. What does Ursula wish as she swims with her swimming class mistress?
(a) She wants to touch her and feel her.
(b) She wishes she were a better swimmer.
(c) She wishes she didn't have to take swimming.
(d) She wishes her mistress would swim with someone else.

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

6. What decision does Ursula make during her illness?
(a) She will marry Anton.
(b) She will be glad to rely upon Anton.
(c) She will remain free, and if there is a child, she will raise it herself.
(d) She will be relieved to give up her freedom.

7. How does Christian life affect the Brangwens?
(a) It is the joy of reaching heaven.
(b) It becomes a mechanical action without real meaning.
(c) It is a constant source of hope.
(d) It is inspirational and fulfilling.

8. What is Ursula's impression of the colliers when she and Winifred go to her Uncle Tom's house in Wiggiston?
(a) They seem like creatures without hope.
(b) They are friendly and happy.
(c) They are crude and angry.
(d) They are dirty and poorly dressed.

9. What does Mr. Harby give to Ursula on her last day of school?
(a) Two books of poetry, signed by all the teachers
(b) A dictionary
(c) A Bible
(d) A new pen

10. How does Ursula feel about college as she prepares for her final examination?
(a) College is the reality of life.
(b) Her studies are the truth of life.
(c) She is as excited as the first day of college
(d) She thinks college is a sham.

11. What is Ursula's view of religious scripture?
(a) It is not to be taken literally.
(b) It is to be taken literally.
(c) It is to be strictly followed.
(d) It is just a collection of stories.

12. What terrifies Ursula about her Uncle Tom as he grieves for his father?
(a) His indifference to his father's death
(b) His uncontrollable crying
(c) His unforgiving eyes
(d) His animal-like grimace and horrible grin

13. What is Ursula's reaction after boys from her class throw stones at her in the street?
(a) She asks the boys in the class who threw the stones.
(b) She becomes hard and impersonal.
(c) She gives up on her teaching job.
(d) She begs the children to work hard.

14. What type of child is Gudrun?
(a) She lives in a fantasy world.
(b) She is violent.
(c) She is realistic.
(d) She is not trustworthy.

15. How does Anton react when he is away from Ursula after their affair in London and Paris?
(a) He feels dead, extinct and sterile.
(b) He is exhilarated and happy.
(c) He needs this time to think.
(d) He is glad to be alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ursula view college as she sits in the lecture hall for her first class?

2. Where does Ursula find a teaching position after her parents forbid her to go to Kingston-on-Thames for an interview?

3. What is the final question the author asks about the death of Christ?

4. What is Ursula's secret weapon toward independence if her studies do not work out?

5. What happens after Ursula writes a passionate love letter to Winifred?

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