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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Henry and Charles Bon do during the war?
(a) Join the military company that forms at their university.
(b) Start a trading company.
(c) Finish their degrees.
(d) Live at Sutpen's Hundred.

2. What is Rosa Coldfield's father's occupation?
(a) He is a merchant.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He is a preacher.
(d) He is a tailor.

3. What do Shreve and Quentin imagine Charles Bon was waiting for when he anticipated the mail that would come to the university from Sutpen's Hundred?
(a) A letter from Judith's maid suggesting that Bon propose to Judith.
(b) A letter from Judith professing her love.
(c) A letter from Thomas Sutpen revealing that he was Bon's father.
(d) A letter from Ellen suggesting that Bon propose to Judith.

4. What is Judith holding in her hand the first time Rosa sees her after the murder?
(a) Bon's jacket.
(b) A picture of Bon's wife and child.
(c) Bon's hat.
(d) A picture of herself that she had given Bon.

5. Who does Sutpen visit when he returns to Jefferson to place a tombstone on Ellen's grave?
(a) His first wife.
(b) General Compson.
(c) Rosa Coldfield.
(d) Charles Bon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Shreve and Quentin imagine Henry did after his final meeting with his father?

2. In what year does the novel begin?

3. Why does Sutpen leave his first wife?

4. How do Shreve and Quentin believe that the French planter disguised his daughter's African blood?

5. What type of injury does General Compson incur in the war?

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