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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. What is Ursula's view on school and forcing children to learn?
(a) She feels it is necessary.
(b) She thinks it is useful in the world.
(c) She thinks it is a wonderful opportunity for children
(d) She feels it is unnatural and stupid.

2. What is Ursula's first impression of Mr. Skrebensky?
(a) He is a buffoon.
(b) He is timid.
(c) He is sure of himself.
(d) He is worried about what others think of him.

3. What subjects do Ursula and Maggie discuss when they are together?
(a) Teaching methods and recreation
(b) Mr. Harby's attitude and philosophy
(c) The school children and teachers
(d) Women's suffrage, ideas and life

4. How does Tom Brangwen die after returning home from Nottingham?
(a) He has a heart attack.
(b) His horse kicks him in the head.
(c) He dies in his sleep.
(d) He drowns in the flood.

5. What is the great peace that Ursula finds when she visits her grandmother in her bedroom on Marsh farm?
(a) To know she will get anything she wants from her grandmother
(b) To know that her grandmother loves her
(c) To know she can have all the sweets she wants
(d) To know her own importance within all those who lived before her

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ursula react when her father slaps her across the face for letting the children in the parish room?

2. What does Anton tell Ursula after she tells him that she does not ever want to get married?

3. What is it that makes the new house in Beldover feel like a home to the Brangwen children?

4. What does Mr. Harby give to Ursula on her last day of school?

5. What does Ursula try to figure out as she lies with a fever in bed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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