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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 is Tom's reaction to Lydia after they are married and the guests leave?
(a) He is rough and cruel to her.
(b) He is ecstatic with joy and cannot wait to hold her.
(c) He is terrified at her strangeness and cannot meet her eyes.
(d) He is indifferent to his new wife.

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

3. How does Anna feel about herself as she drives to the wedding with her father?
(a) She feels ugly and inferior.
(b) She is ecstatic, feeling lovely and flamboyant.
(c) She is nervous and self-conscious.
(d) She is embarrassed by her father's crassness.

4. How does Tom react when Anna refuses to let Tilly put her in her nightdress?
(a) Tom angrily undresses Anna, putting her in her nightdress himself.
(b) Tom tells Tilly to let Anna go to bed in her clothes.
(c) Tom spanks Anna, telling her to stop crying.
(d) Tom cuddles with Anna, saying she is a good girl.

5. Why does William suffer behind his bright face?
(a) He knows he is limited and unfulfilled.
(b) He fears the will of God.
(c) He knows he will never be close to Ursula.
(d) He doesn't have enough to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Tom give Will and Anna for their wedding?

2. Why does Tom love to visit Anna and William?

3. What angers Anna about Will's attitude at church?

4. How does Tom feel about his new son?

5. How does Anna react to her parent's relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Lydia rises out of her darkness and indifference to make a new life for herself.

2. What pains Tom as he stands at the altar at Anna's wedding?

3. Describe what becomes of Lydia's first two children while she is living in Poland with her husband Paul.

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

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

6. Explain how the Brangwens come into more money as they live on the Marsh farm.

7. Explain William's feelings toward Anna as she discusses the wood carvings in the cathedral.

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

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

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

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