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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Skrebensky's view on the role of an individual?
(a) Each man lives for the good of humanity, not himself.
(b) Each man lives for personal wealth
(c) Each man lives for himself
(d) Each man lives for his own family

3. Why does Maggie feel betrayed when Ursula spends time with Anthony?
(a) Maggie and Anthony are at odds with one another.
(b) Maggie is jealous of the attention Anthony gives to Ursula.
(c) Maggie thinks they are talking behind her back.
(d) Maggie wants to spend more time with Ursula.

4. Why does Ursula's face get a strange, scared look at this time in her life?
(a) She is worried about her studies.
(b) She doesn't want to face adulthood.
(c) She doesn't want to leave her family.
(d) She is so confused and emotional.

5. Who is a great comfort to Ursula while she shrinks away from other people, afraid she is not like them?
(a) William
(b) Uncle Tom
(c) Uncle Fred
(d) Gudrun

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

7. 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) Tom
(c) Fred
(d) Alfred

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

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

10. What does Ursula hate about her mother?
(a) Her mother's belief in the rights of women
(b) Her mother's satisfaction with child-bearing and domesticity
(c) Her mother making a living outside the home
(d) Her mother's need for independence

11. What is the great peace that Ursula finds when she visits her grandmother in her bedroom on Marsh farm?
(a) To know her own importance within all those who lived before her
(b) To know that her grandmother loves her
(c) To know she will get anything she wants from her grandmother
(d) To know she can have all the sweets she wants

12. What is Anton really feeling as he says goodbye to Ursula when he goes off to war?
(a) He doesn't want to leave.
(b) He is relieved to be leaving her.
(c) He is looking forward to meeting other women.
(d) He will miss her desperately.

13. 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

14. While Anton is away, who does Ursula fall in love with while at school?
(a) Mr. Phillips
(b) Mr. Morton
(c) Miss Inger
(d) Miss Jenny

15. During her two weeks in Wiggiston, what is Ursula's attitude toward Winifred and her Uncle Tom?
(a) They inspire her.
(b) She loves them both.
(c) She learns from them.
(d) They repulse her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that makes the new house in Beldover feel like a home to the Brangwen children?

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

3. What question torments Ursula as she enters womanhood?

4. What does Ursula try to figure out as she lies with a fever in bed?

5. Why does Ursula enjoy staying at Belcote with Maggie's family?

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