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

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) Angry townspeople throw dirt and rotten vegetables at them.
(c) They find that their carriage has been stolen.
(d) Sutpen is arrested.

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

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

4. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1909.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rosa move to Sutpen's estate?

2. To whom is Judith engaged?

3. Where is the visitor who Henry brings home for Christmas from?

4. What do Henry and Charles Bon do during the war?

5. What is the relationship between Quentin Compson and Rosa Coldfield?

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