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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are William's thoughts about the cathedral as he returns home?
(a) The cathedral doorway to eternity is false.
(b) The cathedral is his doorway to heaven.
(c) The cathedral is his absolute.
(d) The cathedral is his reality.

2. How does Tom think his brother Alfred feels about him?
(a) Sees him as a child
(b) Favors him over Frank
(c) Despises him a little
(d) Loves him

3. How do Anna's temperament and William's temperament complement one another?
(a) She is sunlight. He is darkness.
(b) She is arrogant. He is humble.
(c) She is the storm. He is the calm.
(d) She is the rain. He is the sunshine.

4. What continues to torment Tom even though he is proud and fulfilled in his marriage?
(a) He worries about the farm and finances.
(b) He is afraid his sons will not want the farm.
(c) He worried that his sons will fight over the farm.
(d) He yearns for Anna's love because she is his hope.

5. Why does William begin to hate Anna as she talks to him about the carvings in the cathedral?
(a) She insults his carving abilities as she looks at the carvings in the church.
(b) She is more passionate about the cathedral than he is.
(c) She tells him he will never be awed as she is with the cathedral.
(d) She is destroying another one of his illusions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does William become reborn, learning to be himself and alone?

2. What is Tom contemplating as he stands at the altar with Anna on her wedding day?

3. What would happen to the women of Cossethay if the vicar, Lord William, and Mrs. Hardy were taken away from them?

4. What does Anna say to Tom that cuts him to the heart?

5. How does Will view Anna as they wait to be married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Are Anna and William satisfied with their lives?

2. Describe Anna's emotional state when her mother marries Tom Brangwen.

3. Describe the woman Tom Brangwen decides to marry.

4. What are the circumstances that bring Tom Brangwen to take over the farm at only eighteen years of age?

5. Describe the toast Tom gives at Anna's wedding party?

6. Explain what William asks the girl sitting next to him at the Empire, and what they do together.

7. Compare the way Anna and William view Lincoln Cathedral as they walk through the doors.

8. Explain William's relationship with Ursula after the birth of Gudrun.

9. Describe the impression Anna has of Baron Skrebensky and his new wife, Millicent with regard to their relationship.

10. What piece of advice does Alfred give Tom as they walk to Anna and William's cottage?

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