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Absalom, Absalom! | Quiz

William Faulkner
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Absalom, Absalom! | Quiz

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1)

What does Thomas Sutpen do during the war? (from Chapter 3)

Fights for the North.
Moves to New Orleans.
Locks himself in his attic.
Fights for the South.
2)

How long has Henry Sutpen been back at Sutpen's estate? (from Chapter 9)

Four months.
Four years.
Twenty years.
Two days.
3)

What is the setting of Chapter 4? (from Chapter 4)

On the Compsons' porch.
At Sutpen's Hundred in 1865.
In Rosa Coldfield's office.
At Sutpen's Hundred in 1909.
4)

What do Henry and Charles Bon do during the war? (from Chapter 3)

Start a trading company.
Finish their degrees.
Live at Sutpen's Hundred.
Join the military company that forms at their university.
5)

What does Henry study at school? (from Chapter 4)

Philosophy.
Medicine.
Law.
Literature.
6)

Who cries at Bon's funeral? (from Chapter 5)

Judith.
No one.
Rosa.
Judith and Rosa.
7)

What has Henry Sutpen come to Sutpen's estate to do? (from Chapter 9)

Reunite with Clytie.
Turn himself in for the murder of Bon.
Claim his inheritance.
Die.
8)

What happens to Jim Bond the night Rosa returns to Sutpen's estate for the last time? (from Chapter 9)

He dies.
He is arrested.
He runs away.
He is killed by Rosa.
9)

What is Charles Bon's religion? (from Chapter 5)

Presbyterian.
Methodist.
Adventist.
Catholic.
10)

What photograph does Charles Bon have on his person when he dies? (from Chapter 4)

A photograph of himself in his military uniform.
A photograph of Henry.
A photograph of his wife and child.
A photograph of Judith.
11)

Who does Sutpen visit when he returns to Jefferson to place a tombstone on Ellen's grave? (from Chapter 7)

His first wife.
Rosa Coldfield.
Charles Bon.
General Compson.
12)

Where does Rosa live after leaving Sutpen's estate? (from Chapter 5)

Her father's house.
In New Orleans.
The Compsons' house.
In her father's store.
13)

Who first discovers the truth about Charles Bon's past? (from Chapter 4)

Henry Sutpen.
Thomas Sutpen.
Rosa Coldfield.
Judith Sutpen.
14)

Where do Quentin and Shreve believe that Henry was wounded? (from Chapter 8)

Shiloh.
Jefferson.
Sumpter.
Gettysberg.
15)

How old is Rosa when Ellen dies? (from Chapter 3)

Twenty-five.
Ten.
Forty.
Seventeen.
16)

Who is Sutpen's first wife? (from Chapter 7)

The daughter of a French planter who lives in Haiti.
Rosa Coldfield.
A slave woman.
Ellen Coldfield.
17)

Where do Quentin and Shreve believe Henry and Thomas Sutpen last saw each other? (from Chapter 8)

In a military camp.
On the battlefield.
At Sutpen's Hundred.
In New Orleans.
18)

What does Judith do with the money she receives from selling Sutpen's store? (from Chapter 6)

Moves to New Orleans.
Moves into downtown Jefferson.
Purchases a tombstone for Charles Bon.
Purchases a tombstone for her father.
19)

How does Quentin enter the Sutpen house? (from Chapter 9)

Through the back door.
Through a window.
Through the front door.
He tears down a wall.
20)

What is distinctive about Jim Bond? (from Chapter 9)

He is mute.
He is mentally handicapped.
He has cancer.
He has no legs.
21)

Who makes Bon's coffin? (from Chapter 5)

Thomas Sutpen.
Judith Sutpen.
Henry Sutpen.
Wash Jones.
22)

Where does Jim Bond live? (from Chapter 6)

In a shack behind the Sutpen estate.
In New Orleans.
In the swamp adjacent to Sutpen's Hundred.
In Jefferson.
23)

What organization is Sutpen asked to join, but which he declines to be a part of? (from Chapter 5)

Jefferson's City Council.
The Mississippi Senate.
The Ku Klux Klan.
The Confederate Army.
24)

What is Sutpen's occupation between the time he leaves his family and the time he arrives in Jefferson? (from Chapter 7)

He is a planter.
He is an architect.
He is the overseer of a plantation.
He is a woodworker.
25)

Where does Mr. Coldfield die? (from Chapter 3)

In his attic.
In his store.
In his parlor.
In a battle.
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