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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rosa Coldfield's sister ask of Rosa before the sister dies?
(a) To raise the Sutpen children.
(b) To marry Thomas Sutpen.
(c) To bury her on the farm.
(d) To protect her children.

2. Which of the following is the name of one of Sutpen's non-slave employees?
(a) Wash Jones.
(b) Charles Bon.
(c) Charles Akers.
(d) Mr. Coldfield.

3. What causes Henry and Charles Bon to abruptly leave Sutpen's estate one Christmas day?
(a) Charles Bon has a fight with Sutpen.
(b) Ellen hasa fight with Thomas.
(c) Henry has a fight with his father.
(d) Judith calls off the marriage.

4. Who currently has possession of the letter presented in Chapter 4?
(a) Judith Sutpen.
(b) Jason Compson.
(c) Rosa Coldfield.
(d) Henry Sutpen.

5. Who kills Charles Bon?
(a) His wife.
(b) Henry Sutpen.
(c) Judith Sutpen.
(d) Thomas Sutpen.

6. In Chapter 3, who is the primary narrator of the Thomas Sutpen story?
(a) Jason Compson.
(b) Quentin Compson.
(c) Thomas Sutpen.
(d) Rosa Coldfield.

7. What is the letter that is presented in Chapter 4 written with?
(a) Lead.
(b) Ink.
(c) Blood.
(d) Stove polish.

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

9. In Chapter 2, which characters are talking about the story of Thomas Sutpen?
(a) Rosa Coldfield and Quentin Compson.
(b) General Compson and Quentin Compson.
(c) Rosa Coldfield and Jason Compson.
(d) Jason Compson and Quentin Compson.

10. Whose regiment does Thomas Sutpen join?
(a) Colonel Akers's.
(b) General Compson's.
(c) General Lee's.
(d) Colonel Sartoris's.

11. Where had Thomas Sutpen lived before he came to Jefferson?
(a) Alabama.
(b) No one in Jefferson knows.
(c) Missouri.
(d) South Carolina.

12. What is the setting of Chapter 4?
(a) At Sutpen's Hundred in 1909.
(b) In Rosa Coldfield's office.
(c) On the Compsons' porch.
(d) At Sutpen's Hundred in 1865.

13. In what year does Stupen's marriage take place?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1838.
(d) 1909.

14. What does General Compson do on the day of Sutpen's wedding?
(a) He attends the ceremony with his wife.
(b) He goes hunting.
(c) He protests the wedding and stays home.
(d) He throws dirt and vegetables at the newlyweds.

15. What are the names of Sutpen's two daughters?
(a) Judith and Cassandra.
(b) Judith and Clytie.
(c) Judith and Rosa.
(d) Judith and Ellen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas Sutpen do during the war?

2. What is the relationship between Rosa Coldfield and Judith Sutpen?

3. Who does Henry bring home from college for Christmas one year?

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

5. What military conflict has Miss Coldfield lived through?

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