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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thomas Sutpen do during the war?
(a) Locks himself in his attic.
(b) Fights for the South.
(c) Fights for the North.
(d) Moves to New Orleans.

2. Who do Quentin and Shreve believe managed Sutpen's first wife's money?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) Sutpen.
(c) General Compson.
(d) Charles Bon.

3. What does Mr. Coldfield do with his store when the war breaks out?
(a) Turns it into a church.
(b) Sells it.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Locks it up.

4. What is Bon's rank in the army?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Private.
(d) General.

5. Why does Rosa move to Sutpen's estate?
(a) She needs someone to take care of her.
(b) To fulfill her sister's dying wish of protecting her children by going to live with Judith.
(c) She loses her house.
(d) Sutpen invites her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Chapter 4?

2. Why is Quentin listening to the story about Sutpen?

3. What is the weather like the night of Sutpen's wedding?

4. What is the relationship between Rosa Coldfield and Judith Sutpen?

5. When Quentin and Jason visit the Sutpen graveyard, who is buried there?

(see the answer key)

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