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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 name of Quentin's roommate?
(a) Jason.
(b) Shreve.
(c) Henry.
(d) Charles.

2. What does General Compson do on the day of Sutpen's wedding?
(a) He protests the wedding and stays home.
(b) He throws dirt and vegetables at the newlyweds.
(c) He goes hunting.
(d) He attends the ceremony with his wife.

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

4. What organization is Sutpen asked to join, but which he declines to be a part of?
(a) Jefferson's City Council.
(b) The Confederate Army.
(c) The Mississippi Senate.
(d) The Ku Klux Klan.

5. When Thomas Sutpen comes to Jefferson, what does the town notice that is strange about his appearance?
(a) He is missing a leg.
(b) He is extremely short.
(c) He looks as if he had been ill.
(d) He is wearing a brand-new suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Rosa at the time of Bon's death?

2. Where do Quentin and Shreve believe that Henry was wounded?

3. To whom does Sutpen become engaged shortly after he is arrested?

4. Who is Sutpen's first wife?

5. To whom does the recipient of the letter presented in Chapter 4 give the letter to decades ago?

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