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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 is Ursula's emotional state on the last day of school before she goes on to college?

2. What is Ursula's impression of the colliers when she and Winifred go to her Uncle Tom's house in Wiggiston?

3. Why can't Ursula escape from the world of system and work?

4. While Anton is away, who does Ursula fall in love with while at school?

5. Why is Lydia thankful to Tom for the life he gave her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ursula decide Winifred should do after they are no longer lovers?

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

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

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

6. Describe Ursula's view of the coal miners when she and Winifred go to visit her Uncle Tom in Wiggiston.

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

8. Summarize the decision Ursula makes as she is recovering from her miscarriage.

9. Explain the circumstances of Tom Brangwen's death.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

1) Summarize how D.H. Lawrence uses local color and imagery to describe the Marsh Farm.

2) Cite descriptive examples of the farmhouse, landscape, the barn, and the animals at the farm.

3) Does the imagery Lawrence uses depict a clear and accurate picture of the farm and surrounding landscape?

Essay Topic 3

1) What is the message Lawrence is trying to convey about life at the end of the Victorian Era and the beginning of the new century?

2) Does she depict a realistic and relevant view of human nature through the Brangwen family?

3) Are the human qualities of each character true to life? Explain.

4) How do the characters convey the everyday struggles of life and relationships?

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