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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. What angers Anna about Will's attitude at church?

2. What continues to torment Tom even though he is proud and fulfilled in his marriage?

3. How does Anna feel about people she meets outside the Marsh farm?

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

5. When does Tom find the end of youth's passionate desire, losing his individuality?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that finally allows Anna to give up her adventurous spirit and wonder of life?

2. Explain what William asks the girl sitting next to him at the Empire, and what they do together.

3. What piece of advice does Alfred give Tom as they walk to Anna and William's cottage?

4. What is William's physical and mental state after the birth of his third child?

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

6. 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?

7. Compare Tom's feeling toward his newborn son and his stepdaughter, Anna?

8. What type of life do the Brangwens have on the Marsh farm?

9. Why do eleven of the men from the wedding party go to Anna and William's cottage?

10. Explain why William feels guilty when he looks out the door after his marriage to Anna.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze the changes in Anna Brangwen throughout the novel.

2) What fears and emotions does she experience as the story progresses?

3) How do her attitudes toward individuality, marriage and motherhood change as her character develops?

4) Cite examples of the character changes Anna goes through as her character develops.

Essay Topic 2

1) Evaluate the elements of cause and effect in this story using examples from the novel.

2) Choose three events from the story which cause Lydia Lensky's life to undergo a change.

3) How does she react to the events and their effects?

4) How does she grow emotionally in her own life and in her attitude toward her first husband, her second husband and her daughter because of these changes?

Essay Topic 3

1) Compare the characters of Anna and William Brangwen.

2) Which character gives more to their relationship? Explain.

3) How do their views differ on life, marriage and children?

4) Which character is more realistic in his view of life? Explain.

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