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

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

3. How does Ursula feel about college as she prepares for her final examination?

4. What is Anton really feeling as he says goodbye to Ursula when he goes off to war?

5. What brings Anton Skrebensky back to the Marsh farm after he returns to the army?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the realization that Ursula comes to as she passes from childhood into womanhood.

2. Explain Ursula's plans for her future when she discovers that she is pregnant.

3. After a few weeks living at home, how does Ursula view her mother's life?

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

5. Describe the most important thing Tom Brangwen gives to Lydia during their marriage.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What are Anton Skrebensky's views on the responsibilities of the individual in society?

2) Are his views dated or do they still hold true today?

3) Give examples from the novel and from today's world to justify your conclusion.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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