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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. With whom do the Brangwen girls have a feud?
(a) The schoolteacher
(b) The Phillips girls
(c) The vicar's children
(d) The Phillips boys

2. What is Lydia's advice for Ursula as they discuss Lydia's life with her husbands?
(a) Depend upon the people around you.
(b) Be responsible for everyone around you.
(c) Life goes on and don't take too much upon yourself.
(d) Take all the blame for things that go wrong.

3. What does Mr. Harby give to Ursula on her last day of school?
(a) A Bible
(b) A dictionary
(c) A new pen
(d) Two books of poetry, signed by all the teachers

4. How does Lydia see herself when she is married to Paul Lensky?
(a) As her own being
(b) As a slave to him
(c) As an empowered woman
(d) As a free spirit

5. What is Ursula's response when Anton asks her if she likes him on the night of Fred's wedding?
(a) She says that of course she likes him.
(b) She says that she has missed him.
(c) She tells him that she loves him.
(d) She tells him to leave her alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom Brangwen die after returning home from Nottingham?

2. What is Ursula's view on school and forcing children to learn?

3. What do the Brangwens hear when they wake up the first morning in their new house?

4. What does Fred do after his father's death?

5. What does the rainbow forming over the corrupt land symbolize for Ursula?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain how Ursula feels about her fellow teachers on her last day at the St. Philip's School.

3. What is the reason that Ursula becomes defiant and mistrustful?

4. Why doesn't Mr. Harby, the schoolmaster, like Ursula Brangwen?

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

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

7. Compare the temperaments of Gudrun and Theresa Brangwen.

8. What are Lydia Brangwen's hopes after Tom dies and she sees the troubles of her sons?

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

10. How does Ursula's original joy about college change as she prepares for her final examination?

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