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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 about Christmas day that disappoints the Brangwens?
(a) They did not receive the gifts they hoped for.
(b) The hope of peace and ecstasy fades away.
(c) Their father is not home.
(d) The Christmas feast is not as big as usual.

2. What is Ursula's first impression of Mr. Skrebensky?
(a) He is timid.
(b) He is sure of himself.
(c) He is a buffoon.
(d) He is worried about what others think of him.

3. What is Ursula's view on school and forcing children to learn?
(a) She feels it is unnatural and stupid.
(b) She thinks it is a wonderful opportunity for children
(c) She feels it is necessary.
(d) She thinks it is useful in the world.

4. What is the great peace that Ursula finds when she visits her grandmother in her bedroom on Marsh farm?
(a) To know she will get anything she wants from her grandmother
(b) To know her own importance within all those who lived before her
(c) To know that her grandmother loves her
(d) To know she can have all the sweets she wants

5. How does Ursula manage to keep order in her classroom?
(a) She is outgoing and friendly
(b) She offers extra help to students.
(c) She canes the insolent students.
(d) She reasons with the offending students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ursula do in Cossethay when she realizes she will be moving soon?

2. What is the thought about Easter and the Resurrection that Lawrence gives the reader?

3. What is it that makes the new house in Beldover feel like a home to the Brangwen children?

4. When Ursula believes she is pregnant with Anton's child, what does she decide about her mother's life?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the Brangwen children adapt to their new home?

4. What does Anton Skrebensky believe is the responsibility of every person?

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

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

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

8. What is the response Anton gives to Ursula when she tells him she does not want to get married?

9. Compare the temperaments of Gudrun and Theresa Brangwen.

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

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