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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. What does Charles consider doing so he does not have to see Lucas lynched?
2. What does Lucas lay on the bare cots?
3. Who was Miss Habersham raised with?
4. What is the name of Lucas's wife?
5. What does the rider have on the horse with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about the man on the mule in chapter four?
2. How does chapter five express Charles's need to come of age as a man?
3. What is Uncle Gavin opinion on Lucas' request to dig up the dead body?
4. In what way does chapter five express the segregation between black and white people?
5. Describe how even in prison the white man is given precedent over the black man.
6. Describe Lucas's appearance.
7. What is Charles' attitude towards his black servant Aleck Sander?
8. In what way does Charles become obsessed by the incident?
9. Why does Lucas want Charles to dig up Gowrie's body?
10. Why do you think Charles does not argue with Lucas when he pulls him from the water, even though he wants to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Intruder in the Dust is part of the southern Gothic genre.
1) What are the conventions of the southern Gothic genre in terms of character, language and plot?
2) In what way does Intruder in the Dust subvert the southern Gothic genre?
Essay Topic 2
Faulkner is a native of the area he writes about and adhering to the rule writers should always write about what they know. Do you think it is obvious that Faulkner was a native of Mississippi? What difference do you think it makes to the story? Are there any moments where you think Faulkner does not portray a character or setting so well? What affect does it have on the story?
Essay Topic 3
William Faulkner is a American writer responsible for some of the greatest American novels of the 20th century. Examine Faulkner's life. What kind of upbringing did he have? What kind of education? What were the major themes of his work?Why do you think Faulkner's novels were so relevant in the mid twentieth century and continue to be relevant today?
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