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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rosa Coldfield's sister ask of Rosa before the sister dies?
(a) To bury her on the farm.
(b) To protect her children.
(c) To raise the Sutpen children.
(d) To marry Thomas Sutpen.

2. What is the relationship between Rosa Coldfield and Judith Sutpen?
(a) Judith is Rosa's best friend.
(b) Judith is Rosa's cousin.
(c) Judith is Rosa's niece.
(d) Judith is Rosa's step-sister.

3. Where is Quentin while he's listening to the story about Thomas Sutpen?
(a) At Stupen's estate.
(b) In Rosa Coldfield's office.
(c) In his father's house.
(d) At Harvard.

4. What does Judith Sutpen witness as a child that her mother did not want her to see?
(a) A hanging.
(b) A horse being killed.
(c) Her father fighting with his slaves.
(d) A Civil War battle.

5. Who does Thomas Sutpen marry?
(a) Judith Sutpen.
(b) Rosa Coldfield.
(c) Ellen Compson.
(d) Ellen Coldfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants Stupen and his bride to have a big wedding?

2. Where is Ellen Sutpen at the time of Rosa's story?

3. In what year does the novel begin?

4. Where does Supten live for the first few months of his residence in Jefferson?

5. What is the name of the woman who tells Quentin the story of Thomas Sutpen?

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