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

2. How does Anton react when he is away from Ursula after their affair in London and Paris?
(a) He is exhilarated and happy.
(b) He feels dead, extinct and sterile.
(c) He needs this time to think.
(d) He is glad to be alone.

3. What question torments Ursula as she enters womanhood?
(a) Will she be a good wife?
(b) What will she do with her life?
(c) Who will she marry?
(d) How many children will she have?

4. Where does the Brangwen family move when William gets his new position?
(a) A flat in Nottingham
(b) In a collier's cottage
(c) In the back of a large church
(d) A villa in Beldover

5. What does Ursula try to figure out as she lies with a fever in bed?
(a) How she will raise her baby with Anton
(b) How to get to India to be with Anton
(c) How she will accept life as a wife and mother
(d) How to break away from Skrebensky

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ursula refuse Anthony's proposal of marriage?

2. What is the complicated amalgam of religion that Ursula and Winifred discuss?

3. What is it about Christmas day that disappoints the Brangwens?

4. What type of child is Gudrun?

5. What does Ursula hate about her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Anna's thoughts about William's new job and their moving away from Cossethay.

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

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

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

6. What is Ursula's reason for refusing the marriage proposal from Anthony?

7. Summarize Ursula's emotional state when she moves back home after passing her matriculation examination.

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

9. Compare the temperaments of Gudrun and Theresa Brangwen.

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

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