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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Quentin Compson and Rosa Coldfield?
(a) She is his teacher.
(b) She is his aunt.
(c) She is his step-sister.
(d) They are neighbors.

2. How do Shreve and Quentin believe that the French planter disguised his daughter's African blood?
(a) The French planter tells Sutpen that his daughter's mother is Spanish.
(b) The planter destroys his daughter's birth certificate.
(c) The planter tells Sutpen that his daughter's mother is Native American.
(d) The planter has the neighbors lie about his daughter's mother.

3. Where is Charles Bon buried?
(a) Next to his wife.
(b) In New Orleans.
(c) On the battlefield.
(d) In the Sutpen family plot.

4. Why does Thomas Sutpen stop attending church?
(a) The preacher asks him to.
(b) His son dies.
(c) His wife is embarrassed about her clothes.
(d) He becomes ill.

5. Why does Sutpen choose the bride he does?
(a) She is the most beautiful woman in Jefferson.
(b) He meets her at church and falls in love with her immediately.
(c) Her father is one of the most respectable men in Jefferson.
(d) Her father is rich and Sutpen wanted a large dowry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first discovers the truth about Charles Bon's past?

2. Who lends Sutpen cotton seeds for his plantation?

3. Which three characters have speaking roles in Chapter 1?

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

5. What do Shreve and Quentin imagine Henry did after his final meeting with his father?

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