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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. Where does Rosa meet Charles Bon?

2. What is Mr. Coldfield's association with Sutpen before the marriage?

3. What causes Henry and Charles Bon to abruptly leave Sutpen's estate one Christmas day?

4. Which of the following is the name of one of Sutpen's non-slave employees?

5. Who does Rosa marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rosa take such an intense interest in Judith's wedding?

3. Why was Rosa offended that Wash Jones came to the front of the house when he arrived to notify her of Charles Bon's death?

4. What was Rosa Coldfield's childhood relationship with Thomas Sutpen and his family?

5. What does Chapter 2 imply about the reason why Mr. Coldfield was the one who ordered the wagons to pick up Sutpen's home furnishings?

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

7. What is Shreve's final question to Quentin?

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

9. How is Judith portrayed in Chapter 1?

10. How did Judith's fiance die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Thomas Sutpen could be interpreted as a sympathetic character. Who in the novel views Supten sympathetically? Be sure to use specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

When Sutpen's final child is born, he refers to her as a "mare." How can this comparison between horses and women apply to the way all of the women in the novel are treated and viewed?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why Clytie chose to stay at Sutpen's Hundred her entire life, and why she remained loyalty to her family until the end. Be sure to use specific examples from the text.

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