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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does the Brangwen family move when William gets his new position?
(a) In a collier's cottage
(b) A flat in Nottingham
(c) A villa in Beldover
(d) In the back of a large church

4. What is the response of Ursula's mother when Ursula says that she wants to have an equal place with men in the field of action and work?
(a) Her mother tells her that some day she will be equal to men.
(b) Her mother tells her to take action at mending a pile of stockings.
(c) Her mother tells her she deserves equal opportunity.
(d) Her mother says that it will never happen.

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

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

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

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

9. How does Ursula get through the long weeks while Anton is away?
(a) As if half alive
(b) Going to church every day
(c) Spending time with friends
(d) Praying for his safe return

10. What is Theresa's temperament?
(a) She is very friendly.
(b) She is shy.
(c) She is war-like
(d) She is timid.

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

12. With whom do the Brangwen girls have a feud?
(a) The Phillips girls
(b) The Phillips boys
(c) The vicar's children
(d) The schoolteacher

13. What question torments Ursula as she enters womanhood?
(a) How many children will she have?
(b) Will she be a good wife?
(c) Who will she marry?
(d) What will she do with her life?

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

15. 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 Brinsley Street School
(c) The Nottingham Grammar School
(d) The Ikleston Elementary School

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fred do after his father's death?

2. Why does Maggie feel betrayed when Ursula spends time with Anthony?

3. How does Ursula manage to keep order in her classroom?

4. What kind of teacher does Ursula dream she will be?

5. What does Ursula wish as she swims with her swimming class mistress?

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