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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 does Ursula feel after her first kiss with Skrebensky?

2. What is the final question the author asks about the death of Christ?

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

4. What does Ursula tell Anton in the letter she sends to him?

5. Where does Ursula's school mistress invite her to go on Saturday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Ursula's emotional state when she moves back home after passing her matriculation examination.

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

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

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

5. Compare the temperaments of Gudrun and Theresa Brangwen.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Evaluate the relationship between Tom Brangwen and Winifred Inger.

2) Are they a good match? Explain.

3) How do they interact with one another?

4) What are the qualities of their relationship?

5) Cite examples from the story proving their acceptance of one another for who they are.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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