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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Stupen and his bride emerge from the church after their wedding service?
(a) They are presented with gifts from the townspeople.
(b) They find that their carriage has been stolen.
(c) Angry townspeople throw dirt and rotten vegetables at them.
(d) Sutpen is arrested.

2. Who writes the letter that is presented in Chapter 4?
(a) Judith Sutpen.
(b) Henry Sutpen.
(c) Charles Bon.
(d) Rosa Coldfield.

3. To whom is Judith engaged?
(a) The Methodist minister.
(b) Charles Akers.
(c) Thomas Compson.
(d) Charles Bon.

4. Where is Sutpen's funeral?
(a) At Sutpen's Hundred.
(b) At Jefferson's Methodist church.
(c) In the woods near Sutpen's Hundred.
(d) At Jefferson's Catholic church.

5. What is the relationship between Ellen Sutpen and Rosa Coldfield?
(a) Ellen is Rosa's aunt.
(b) They are sisters.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are best friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa Coldfield's sister ask of Rosa before the sister dies?

2. When Thomas Sutpen goes to the front door of the plantation house when he is a boy, what happens?

3. What causes Henry and Charles Bon to abruptly leave Sutpen's estate one Christmas day?

4. Where had Thomas Sutpen lived before he came to Jefferson?

5. Which of the following is the name of one of Sutpen's non-slave employees?

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