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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does 11-year-old Ursula find it a bother to be the eldest of six children?
(a) Because she has to cook every meal
(b) Because she has to wash everyone's clothes
(c) Because she has to take three of the six children to school
(d) Because she has to homeschool her siblings

2. What does Anton write in a letter to Ursula after he goes back to the army?
(a) He loves her.
(b) He doesn't want to see her anymore.
(c) He wants to marry her.
(d) He might have to go to war in South Africa.

3. What conclusion does Ursula come to about men and love?
(a) A woman can love only one man
(b) Men do not love, only dominate
(c) No one is ever really in love
(d) There are many men to love, not just one

4. Where does Ursula's school mistress invite her to go on Saturday?
(a) A café in Nottingham
(b) A bungalow on the Soar
(c) A play in London
(d) An opera in Cossethay

5. How does Ursula manage to keep order in her classroom?
(a) She canes the insolent students.
(b) She reasons with the offending students.
(c) She is outgoing and friendly
(d) She offers extra help to students.

6. How does Ursula view college as she sits in the lecture hall for her first class?
(a) College is drudgery.
(b) She is annoyed by the medieval buildings.
(c) Time fades away and she listens with ecstasy.
(d) She sees college as a necessity, but not enjoyable.

7. What is the final question the author asks about the death of Christ?
(a) Is the crucifixion a poison or a hope to mankind?
(b) Will there be another crucifixion?
(c) Will mankind learn a lesson from the crucifixion?
(d) Was Satan destroyed when Christ died?

8. Why is Lydia thankful to Tom for the life he gave her?
(a) Because he let her live in his shadow
(b) Because he let her be herself
(c) Because he gave her all the money she needed
(d) Because she was secure in his dominance

9. What does Ursula feel after her first kiss with Skrebensky?
(a) Fear
(b) Embarrassment
(c) An electric warmth
(d) Guilt

10. What is the thought about Easter and the Resurrection that Lawrence gives the reader?
(a) Easter and the Resurrection overcome the picture of death.
(b) Easter and the Resurrection give hope of an after life.
(c) Easter and the Resurrection are more important than Christmas.
(d) Easter and the Resurrection are outweighed by the image of death

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

12. What do Maggie and Ursula talk about when Ursula visits Belcote?
(a) Music, men, and college
(b) Farming, gardening, and teaching
(c) Poetry, books and learning
(d) Theatre, music, and love

13. What does Lydia Brangwen wish for as she sees the turmoil in her son's lives?
(a) She wishes for the peace and innocence of age.
(b) She wishes they would come to her with their troubles.
(c) She wishes she could be more involved in her son's lives.
(d) She wishes they would move away.

14. What do the Brangwens hear when they wake up the first morning in their new house?
(a) A woman yelling at her children
(b) Different birds chirping
(c) Strange sounds of the town
(d) Someone fighting outside

15. Where does Anna send Ursula and Gudrun when the pettiness of the village children begins to bother them?
(a) To Cossethay College
(b) To the grammar school in Nottingham
(c) To grammar school in London
(d) To their grandmothers for home schooling

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ursula tell Anton in the letter she sends to him?

2. How does Tom Brangwen die after returning home from Nottingham?

3. While Anton is away, who does Ursula fall in love with while at school?

4. Why does Lydia feel sorry for her first husband, Paul Lensky?

5. Why is Ursula excited about her father's new position as Art and Handwork Instructor?

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