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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes Bon's coffin?
(a) Judith Sutpen.
(b) Henry Sutpen.
(c) Thomas Sutpen.
(d) Wash Jones.

2. Where is Thomas Sutpen the second time Bon visits Sutpen's estate?
(a) In Springfield.
(b) In Jefferson.
(c) In Haiti.
(d) In New Orleans.

3. Why does Sutpen leave his first wife?
(a) He discovers she has a child by another man.
(b) He discovers she is of mixed race.
(c) He discovers she is an adulteress.
(d) He hates her father.

4. Where is Thomas Sutpen born?
(a) In the territory that is to become North Carolina.
(b) In the territory that is to become West Virginia.
(c) In the territory that is to become Louisiana.
(d) In the territory that is to become Mississippi.

5. At the end of Chapter 5, who is imagining the scene that occurred when Henry told Judith of the murder?
(a) Clytie.
(b) Jason.
(c) Quentin.
(d) Rosa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sutpen visit when he returns to Jefferson to place a tombstone on Ellen's grave?

2. How does Charles Bon's son die?

3. Who cries at Bon's funeral?

4. From whom does Sutpen purchase his land?

5. What do Shreve and Quentin imagine Charles Bon was waiting for when he anticipated the mail that would come to the university from Sutpen's Hundred?

(see the answer key)

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