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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 Ursula do in Cossethay when she realizes she will be moving soon?
(a) She avoids everyone in Cossethay.
(b) She insults all her old friends.
(c) She visits all her favorite spots.
(d) She won't converse with old acquaintances.

2. What does Ursula feel after her first kiss with Skrebensky?
(a) Fear
(b) An electric warmth
(c) Guilt
(d) Embarrassment

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

4. Why is Lydia thankful to Tom for the life he gave her?
(a) Because she was secure in his dominance
(b) Because he let her be herself
(c) Because he gave her all the money she needed
(d) Because he let her live in his shadow

5. How does Ursula react when her father slaps her across the face for letting the children in the parish room?
(a) She hates her mother.
(b) Defiance and mistrust grows in her
(c) She asks him to forgive her
(d) She hates her siblings

Short Answer Questions

1. What terrifies Ursula about her Uncle Tom as he grieves for his father?

2. Why does Ursula's face get a strange, scared look at this time in her life?

3. 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?

4. What is Ursula's secret weapon toward independence if her studies do not work out?

5. Ursula resigns herself to teaching until she can do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the realization that Ursula comes to as she passes from childhood into womanhood.

2. Describe the Brangwens's Christian devotion and religious practices.

3. Describe the events that lead up to Ursula's love affair with Miss Inger.

4. Explain Ursula's plans for her future when she discovers that she is pregnant.

5. After a few weeks living at home, how does Ursula view her mother's life?

6. As Ursula continues to teach, how does her attitude toward education change?

7. What does Ursula decide Winifred should do after they are no longer lovers?

8. Describe Ursula's view of the coal miners when she and Winifred go to visit her Uncle Tom in Wiggiston.

9. Summarize Ursula's attitude and duties as the eldest child of Anna and William Brangwen.

10. Describe the temperament of Tom Brangwen's son, Tom.

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