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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. Where does Mr. Coldfield die?
(a) In his parlor.
(b) In his attic.
(c) In his store.
(d) In a battle.

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

3. What are the names of Sutpen's two daughters?
(a) Judith and Rosa.
(b) Judith and Ellen.
(c) Judith and Clytie.
(d) Judith and Cassandra.

4. After Sutpen's estate has been built but left unfurnished for several years, he leaves Jefferson for a short period of time. What does he return with?
(a) Spanish gold.
(b) An interior designer.
(c) Luxurious furnishings for his house.
(d) Another architect.

5. What does Thomas Sutpen like to do in his barn for entertainment?
(a) Whittle.
(b) Fight with his slaves.
(c) Make saddles.
(d) Read books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rosa Coldfield's father's occupation?

2. Who does Henry bring home from college for Christmas one year?

3. What happens when Stupen and his bride emerge from the church after their wedding service?

4. Which three characters have speaking roles in Chapter 1?

5. What do Henry and Charles Bon do during the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jason Compson identify as Henry's objection to Bon marrying Judith?

2. Why does Rosa stop accepting visits from Judith and Ellen?

3. Why didn't Bon view his first marriage as a barrier to marrying Judith?

4. 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?

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

6. What is the reader to imfer from the last paragraph of Chapter 1, which says that there were "two Sutpen faces," one Judith's and one a slave girl's, looking down at Sutpen fighting his slaves?

7. The story of Sutpen's youth as a poor white on a plantation describes considerable hostility from poor whites directed at black slaves. What was the cause of this hostility?

8. When General Compson rescues Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon from an indictment, he gives Bon money and tells him to leave town. He tells him that "once you are among strangers, people who don't know you, you can be whatever you will." What does he mean when he says that Bon "can be whatever" he wants?

9. Why is Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon such a violent and troubled young man?

10. Why were all the charges against Sutpen dropped after his bond was signed by Mr. Coldfield and General Compson?

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