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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 does Tom crave more than ever from his wife?
(a) Obedience
(b) Quiet conversations
(c) Love and passion
(d) Her stories about Poland

2. When does Tom find the end of youth's passionate desire, losing his individuality?
(a) After three days of working in the fields
(b) After three days of praying
(c) After three days of silence and solitude
(d) After three days of constant brandy drinking

3. Who is the person Anna meets that she considers a real person of consequence?
(a) Frank
(b) Baron Skrebensky
(c) Tom
(d) Tilly

4. What does Tom say a man's soul and a woman's soul united in marriage becomes?
(a) Everlasting partners
(b) An angel
(c) A happy couple
(d) Soul mates

5. What is Tom contemplating as he stands at the altar with Anna on her wedding day?
(a) How does a person grow old and become confident?
(b) Should he take Anna and leave the church?
(c) Should he refuse to give Anna away?
(d) What will his life be like without Anna?

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom think his brother Alfred feels about him?

2. What is Anna's initial reaction to her mother's marriage to Tom?

3. Why does William suffer behind his bright face?

4. What type of child is Gudrun?

5. What is the bitter lesson Tom learns after his son is born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the hatred that grows in seventeen-year-old, Anna, toward her mother.

2. Describe the situation that hardens Ursula to the outside world.

3. Compare Tom's feeling toward his newborn son and his stepdaughter, Anna?

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

5. Are Anna and William satisfied with their lives?

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

7. What is it that finally allows Anna to give up her adventurous spirit and wonder of life?

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

9. Describe the woman Tom Brangwen decides to marry.

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

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