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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Anna's favorite place to stop on the way to the cattle market?

2. What does William do to help him stop worrying about life and relaxing?

3. What does Will Brangwen feel guilty about while he is on his honeymoon?

4. What is William's reaction when he steps through the doors of the cathedral?

5. Why does the care of the farm fall upon Tom's shoulders when he is eighteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the relationship between Lydia and Tom after two years of marriage.

2. After the birth of their son, Lydia does have the passion for Tom that she once had. How does he deal with the desires he has for his wife?

3. Describe the toast Tom gives at Anna's wedding party?

4. Are Anna and William satisfied with their lives?

5. Describe the woman Tom Brangwen decides to marry.

6. Describe the situation that hardens Ursula to the outside world.

7. What are the circumstances that bring Tom Brangwen to take over the farm at only eighteen years of age?

8. Explain William's feelings toward Anna as she discusses the wood carvings in the cathedral.

9. Explain how the Brangwens come into more money as they live on the Marsh farm.

10. How does William react when he sees Anna dancing naked in the bedroom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In two scenes of the novel, Ursula and Anton are making love in the moonlight.

1) How does Lawrence use images of moonlight and shadow to convey the tone of their love making?

2) How does the imagery of moonlight in the first scene in the cornstacks compare with the moonlight in the sandhills later in the novel.

3) Justify the answers with examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

1) Interpret the feelings Anna and William have for each other when they begin their relationship.

2) Are their emotions authentic? Explain.

3) Are they truthful with each other? Explain.

4) Compare these emotions with how they interact later in the novel, after they are married.

5) What regrets do they have at the end of the novel with regard to their relationship?

6) How does their relationship differ from the first part of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

1) Analyze Ursula's coming of age throughout the novel.

2) What fears and emotions does she experience as he grows from childhood to adulthood?

3) How does her outlook on life, education, and love change as she develops from a young girl into a woman?

4) Cite examples of the character changes in Ursula throughout her life.

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