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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does William begin to hate Anna as she talks to him about the carvings in the cathedral?
(a) She tells him he will never be awed as she is with the cathedral.
(b) She is destroying another one of his illusions.
(c) She insults his carving abilities as she looks at the carvings in the church.
(d) She is more passionate about the cathedral than he is.

2. Why does the town of Cossethay grow quickly, making the Brangwen's richer?
(a) There is a goldrush.
(b) The Midland Railway comes down the valley.
(c) The town offers public education
(d) More people are getting married and having children

3. What do Paul, a young doctor, and Lydia Lensky, a nurse, represent in Poland?
(a) The new movement begun in Russia
(b) The obedience of Polish citizens
(c) A traditional Polish couple
(d) The joys of marriage

4. How does Lydia emerge from her indifference, becoming a new person?
(a) She falls in love with the vicar.
(b) She meets Tom Brangwen in Cossethay.
(c) She decides to move back to Poland.
(d) She lives through her daughter.

5. What does Will Brangwen feel guilty about while he is on his honeymoon?
(a) For never wanting to go back to the world
(b) For wanting Anna so much
(c) For shutting himself off from the world
(d) For ignoring Anna

Short Answer Questions

1. What are William's actions with the girl he takes to the park?

2. What does Anna say to Tom that cuts him to the heart?

3. What is the question William asks himself when he and Anna are constantly tormenting one another?

4. What is Anna's initial reaction to her mother's marriage to Tom?

5. What do Tom, Alfred, Frank, the brother-in-law, William's brother, and six other men decide to do after Anna and Will leave for their cottage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Anna's inner feelings when she is sent to a young ladies school in Nottingham.

2. Explain how Lydia rises out of her darkness and indifference to make a new life for herself.

3. Describe Anna's emotional state when her mother marries Tom Brangwen.

4. 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?

5. What pains Tom as he stands at the altar at Anna's wedding?

6. Describe the relationship of William and Anna as the days go on.

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

8. Are Anna and William satisfied with their lives?

9. How does William react when he sees Anna dancing naked in the bedroom?

10. Explain how the Brangwens come into more money as they live on the Marsh farm.

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