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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Quentin listening to the story about Sutpen?
(a) He is requested specifically by the person telling the story.
(b) His father makes him.
(c) His mother asks him to,
(d) He feels sorry for Thomas Sutpen.

2. What military conflict has Miss Coldfield lived through?
(a) The Spanish-American War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

3. What does Henry study at school?
(a) Literature.
(b) Law.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Philosophy.

4. In Chapter 4, the reason why Henry rejects his family and his birthright is revealed. What is that reason?
(a) Henry discovered that Sutpen had other children.
(b) Thomas Sutpen forbade the marriage between Bon and Judith.
(c) Henry discovered that Sutpen had stolen the money he used to build Sutpen's Hundred.
(d) Judith wanted to marry Bon.

5. Who builds Sutpen's house?
(a) Jefferson laborers.
(b) The local construction company.
(c) Sutpen and his slaves.
(d) A group of soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Thomas Sutpen marry?

2. Who lends Sutpen cotton seeds for his plantation?

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

4. What does General Compson do on the day of Sutpen's wedding?

5. In what year does the novel begin?

(see the answer key)

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