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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Rosa Coldfield's aunt when Rosa was ten?
(a) The aunt moves out to Sutpen's Hundred.
(b) The aunt elopes.
(c) The aunt dies.
(d) The aunt is arrested and jailed.

2. What is Thomas Sutpen's rank in the army?
(a) Private.
(b) Colonel.
(c) General.
(d) Lieutenant.

3. Who helps Thomas Sutpen when he comes to Jefferson in 1833?
(a) The town preacher.
(b) Quentin's grandfather.
(c) Quentin's father.
(d) Ellen Coldfield.

4. Where does Thomas Sutpen get the money to build his estate?
(a) No one knows.
(b) He is a horse trader.
(c) A family inheritance.
(d) He had been a banker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sutpen's slaves go when the war began?

2. When Thomas Sutpen comes to Jefferson, what does the town notice that is strange about his appearance?

3. How does Rosa acquire what she needs to make Judith's wedding gift?

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

5. In Chapter 2, which characters are talking about the story of Thomas Sutpen?

(see the answer key)

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