Absalom, Absalom! Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Absalom, Absalom! Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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. Why does Thomas Sutpen stop attending church?

2. Who lends Sutpen cotton seeds for his plantation?

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

4. What does Thomas Sutpen like to do in his barn for entertainment?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When Thomas Sutpen tells the story of his childhood to General Compson, he mentions that he lost his innocence when he went to the door of the planter's house and was told he must use the back door. What was the innocence in regard to?

3. 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?

4. At the end of Chapter 5, Rosa says there is "something in that house," referring to Sutpen's Hundred. Quentin responds, "In that house? It's Clytie..." What can the reader infer from this exchange?

5. Why did Thomas Sutpen marry Ellen Coldfield?

6. 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?

7. What is Quentin distracted by at the end of Chapter 5 that causes him to stop paying attention to the story?

8. In Chapter 8, what is meant by the fact that Quentin and Shreve feel as though there are four people in their dorm room?

9. What reasons does Jason Compson give for Rosa hating her father?

10. Why does Jason Compson, who is telling much of the story presented in Chapter 2, know so much about Sutpen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Point to cases of irony in the novel. What is the role of irony in the novel? How does the irony in the novel contribute to our understanding of the novel?

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