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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Quentin Compson going to leave Jefferson in the fall?
(a) To get married.
(b) To move to New Orleans.
(c) To attend Harvard.
(d) To enlist in the Civil War.

2. Where does Supten live for the first few months of his residence in Jefferson?
(a) Holston House, the town inn.
(b) Sutpen's Hundred.
(c) In a tent on the outskirts of town.
(d) Mr. Coldfield's store.

3. Where is the visitor who Henry brings home for Christmas from?
(a) Jackson.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Greenfield.
(d) Oxford.

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

5. Where does Henry Sutpen attend college?
(a) University of South Carolina.
(b) University of Mississippi.
(c) State University at Oxford.
(d) University of New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mr. Coldfield die?

2. Where is Quentin while he's listening to the story about Thomas Sutpen?

3. What is Mr. Coldfiled's association with Sutpen after the marriage?

4. In what state is Jefferson located?

5. Why does Sutpen choose the bride he does?

(see the answer key)

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