View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like the night of Sutpen's wedding?
(a) It is a perfect summer night.
(b) It is snowing.
(c) There is a tornado coming.
(d) It is raining.

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

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

4. Why does Rosa move to Sutpen's estate?
(a) She loses her house.
(b) To fulfill her sister's dying wish of protecting her children by going to live with Judith.
(c) She needs someone to take care of her.
(d) Sutpen invites her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, which characters are talking about the story of Thomas Sutpen?

2. Who does Rosa marry?

3. What is Henry's rank in the army?

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

5. Where does Mr. Coldfield die?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 235 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample