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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 young Tom Brangwen feeling behind his healthy, good looks, and well dressed appearance?
(a) Superiority
(b) A deep misery
(c) Cleverness
(d) A violent nature

2. 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?

3. What is it that makes the new house in Beldover feel like a home to the Brangwen children?
(a) Their books are in the bookcase
(b) The intimacy of Anna and William
(c) Their stuffed animals are in their beds
(d) All their belongings are in place

4. Why does Maggie feel betrayed when Ursula spends time with Anthony?
(a) Maggie is jealous of the attention Anthony gives to Ursula.
(b) Maggie thinks they are talking behind her back.
(c) Maggie and Anthony are at odds with one another.
(d) Maggie wants to spend more time with Ursula.

5. What kind of teacher does Ursula dream she will be?
(a) She will keep a strict classroom.
(b) She will make learning clear, interesting and personal.
(c) She will go through the motions with no enthusiasm.
(d) She will remain distant from the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lydia feel sorry for her first husband, Paul Lensky?

2. Where does Ursula's school mistress invite her to go on Saturday?

3. While Anton is away, who does Ursula fall in love with while at school?

4. What does Lydia Brangwen wish for as she sees the turmoil in her son's lives?

5. Why does Ursula enjoy staying at Belcote with Maggie's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Ursula and Anton Skrebensky when he visits Marsh farm.

2. Summarize the effect Ursula has on Anton as they make love in the cornstacks.

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

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

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

6. Explain the circumstances of Tom Brangwen's death.

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

8. Explain why Ursula keeps up with her studies, despite the dreary work.

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

10. Compare the temperaments of Gudrun and Theresa Brangwen.

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