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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 Thomas Sutpen stop attending church?
(a) He becomes ill.
(b) The preacher asks him to.
(c) His wife is embarrassed about her clothes.
(d) His son dies.

2. What is the setting of Chapter 4?
(a) On the Compsons' porch.
(b) At Sutpen's Hundred in 1865.
(c) At Sutpen's Hundred in 1909.
(d) In Rosa Coldfield's office.

3. What is the weather like the night of Sutpen's wedding?
(a) It is snowing.
(b) It is a perfect summer night.
(c) It is raining.
(d) There is a tornado coming.

4. How is Charles Bon killed?
(a) He is hung.
(b) He is drowned.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is poisoned.

5. What does Jason Compson believe Henry found to be objectionable about Charles' past?
(a) The fact that Charles lived in New Orleans.
(b) The fact that Charles had written letters to Judith.
(c) The fact that Charles married his mistress.
(d) The fact that Charles was not of a known family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Quentin while he's listening to the story about Thomas Sutpen?

2. Why is Quentin Compson going to leave Jefferson in the fall?

3. What is the name of Thomas Sutpen's estate?

4. What are the names of Sutpen's two daughters?

5. What military conflict has Miss Coldfield lived through?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, the reader receives a glimpse of the action that unfolded the night that Rosa and Quentin went to Sutpen's Hundred. How are these events similar to another situation that occurred at Sutpen's Hundred?

2. Chapter 6 reveals the way in which Thomas Sutpen insulted Rosa, an insult that led to Rosa calling off their engagement. How did Sutpen insult her?

3. Several times throughout Chapter 4, Jason Compson mentions that Henry put Bon on "probation" for four years. What was the point of this probation?

4. Repeatedly throughout Chapter 3, Ellen is referred to as "a butterfly." Why is she characterized this way, and what does it mean?

5. In the final imagined scene of Chapter 8, Shreve and Quentin imagine what took place after Sutpen departed from the military camp, having just told Quentin about the true origin of Charles Bon. Henry tells Bon what Sutpen has told him. What does Charles tell Henry to do?

6. Explain why Sutpen chooses Ellen Coldfield to be his bride over all the other women in Jefferson.

7. How does Rosa depict Judith's reaction to Charles Bon's murder?

8. When did Sutpen tell General Compson about why he abandoned his first wife?

9. When did Sutpen tell the story of his childhood to General Compson?

10. What reason did Sutpen give for not joining the Klan?

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