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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 decision does Ursula make during her illness?

2. Ursula resigns herself to teaching until she can do what?

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

4. How does Ursula view college as she sits in the lecture hall for her first class?

5. What does Ursula wish as she swims with her swimming class mistress?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Ursula's reason for refusing the marriage proposal from Anthony?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Ursula's original joy about college change as she prepares for her final examination?

10. Summarize Ursula's attitude and duties as the eldest child of Anna and William Brangwen.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Evaluate the relationship between Anna and her mother, Lydia.

2) How does Tom Brangwen affect their relationship with one another?

3) What does her father, Tom Brangwen, wish for Anna's future?

4) How does Anna's attitude toward her mother and stepfather change in the course of the novel?

5) Give examples from the story of how Anna and Lydia interact with one another.

Essay Topic 2

A rainbow appears twice in the novel.

1) What is the significance of the rainbow in each of the appearances?

2) What does the rainbow symbolize for the characters who see it?

3) Cite the events happening during each of the sightings of the rainbow.

4) Which characters see the significance of the rainbows?

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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