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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is discussing the Sutpen story in Chapter 6?
(a) Quentin and Henry.
(b) Quentin and Jason.
(c) Quentin and Rosa.
(d) Quentin and Shreve.

2. Where does Thomas Sutpen go when he leaves his family as a boy?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) The West Indies.
(d) Jefferson.

3. Who is Sutpen's first wife?
(a) Ellen Coldfield.
(b) Rosa Coldfield.
(c) The daughter of a French planter who lives in Haiti.
(d) A slave woman.

4. What is the setting of Chapter 6?
(a) Rosa Coldfield's office.
(b) The Sutpen mansion.
(c) The Compsons' porch.
(d) Quentin's dorm room at Harvard.

5. How old is Rosa at the time of Bon's death?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Nineteen.

6. How does Charles Bon's son die?
(a) He is killed by Thomas Sutpen.
(b) He dies of yellow fever.
(c) He dies of old age.
(d) He is killed in a bar fight.

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

8. How does Wash Jones' granddaughter die?
(a) She dies in childbirth.
(b) Sutpen kills her.
(c) Jones kills her.
(d) She dies of yellow fever.

9. How old is Thomas Sutpen when he returns from the war?
(a) Fiifty-nine.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Thirty-nine.
(d) Forty-five.

10. What happens to Charles Bon's son after his mother dies?
(a) He becomes a servant in New Orleans.
(b) He is sent to boarding school.
(c) He comes to live at Sutpen's Hundred.
(d) He inherits her money and becomes a landowner.

11. How far is Henry and Charles' university from Sutpen's estate?
(a) Eight miles.
(b) Four hundred miles.
(c) A day's train ride.
(d) Forty miles.

12. What has Bon replaced the picture Judith had given him with?
(a) A picture of himself in his uniform.
(b) A picture of his wife and child.
(c) A picture of Thomas.
(d) A picture of Henry.

13. What woman does Sutpen turn his attentions to after Rosa leaves Sutpen's estate?
(a) Ellen Coldfield.
(b) Wash Jones' granddaughter.
(c) His neighbor's daughter.
(d) One of his neighbor's servants.

14. What is the name of the woman who Sutpen impregnates after Rosa leaves Sutpen's estate?
(a) Rosa.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Milly.

15. What is Charles Bon's religion?
(a) Adventist.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Judith Sutpen die?

2. How does Rosa survive after she leaves Sutpen's estate?

3. Why does Rosa leave Sutpen's estate in Chapter 5?

4. Who is the first person Rosa encounters when she enters Sutpen's house after the murder?

5. How does Quentin know about Thomas Sutpen's childhood?

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