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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. When does Ursula feel the most secure, warm, and happy?

2. What is Anna unable to tell William for four days, while they battle with each other?

3. Where have generations of Brangwens lived?

4. What does William do to help him stop worrying about life and relaxing?

5. What does Alfred tell Tom every person must do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the hatred that grows in seventeen-year-old, Anna, toward her mother.

2. 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?

3. What is it that finally allows Anna to give up her adventurous spirit and wonder of life?

4. Explain the relationship between Lydia and Tom after two years of marriage.

5. Compare Tom's feeling toward his newborn son and his stepdaughter, Anna?

6. What type of life do the Brangwens have on the Marsh farm?

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

8. Explain William's relationship with Ursula after the birth of Gudrun.

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

10. Compare the way Anna and William view Lincoln Cathedral as they walk through the doors.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze the resolution of the story as it relates to each of the characters in the novel.

2) Explain the metamorphosis each of them experiences by the final chapter.

3) What major life lessons have they learned?

Essay Topic 2

1) Evaluate the elements of cause and effect in this story using examples from the novel.

2) Choose three events from the story which cause Lydia Lensky's life to undergo a change.

3) How does she react to the events and their effects?

4) How does she grow emotionally in her own life and in her attitude toward her first husband, her second husband and her daughter because of these changes?

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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