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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 risen will walk again in a perfect body among men.
(c) Those who have died are bodiless.
(d) Those who have died never rise again.

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

5. What does Fred do after his father's death?
(a) He throws himself into restoring the farm.
(b) He becomes abusive toward his mother.
(c) He becomes depressed and indifferent toward the farm.
(d) He moves away from Marsh farm.

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

7. What keeps Ursula from giving up her studies for the matriculation examination even though they are such a drudgery?
(a) She is competing with Gudrun.
(b) Her quest for complete independence
(c) It keeps her mind off Anton.
(d) She wants to make her father proud.

8. Where does Ursula find a teaching position after her parents forbid her to go to Kingston-on-Thames for an interview?
(a) The Cossethay Grammar School
(b) The Nottingham Grammar School
(c) The Brinsley Street School
(d) The Ikleston Elementary School

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

10. What happens after Ursula writes a passionate love letter to Winifred?
(a) Winifred leaves town.
(b) They become intimate.
(c) Winifred denies the relationship.
(d) Winifred tells Ursula to stay away.

11. What is it that makes the new house in Beldover feel like a home to the Brangwen children?
(a) The intimacy of Anna and William
(b) All their belongings are in place
(c) Their books are in the bookcase
(d) Their stuffed animals are in their beds

12. What is the complicated amalgam of religion that Ursula and Winifred discuss?
(a) The motives of joy and miracles
(b) A combination of suffering and redemption
(c) A mix of death and afterlife
(d) The motives of fear and love

13. What does Ursula tell Anton in the letter she sends to him?
(a) She is pregnant and wants to marry him.
(b) She misses him.
(c) She hopes he is happy in his new marriage.
(d) She found a new lover.

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

15. How does Tom Brangwen die after returning home from Nottingham?
(a) His horse kicks him in the head.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) He dies in his sleep.
(d) He drowns in the flood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ursula's emotional state on the last day of school before she goes on to college?

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

3. What is it about Christmas day that disappoints the Brangwens?

4. What subjects do Ursula and Maggie discuss when they are together?

5. Where does Ursula's school mistress invite her to go on Saturday?

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