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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the relationship between Rosa Coldfield and Judith Sutpen?
(a) Judith is Rosa's niece.
(b) Judith is Rosa's cousin.
(c) Judith is Rosa's step-sister.
(d) Judith is Rosa's best friend.

3. What is the name of Thomas Sutpen's estate?
(a) Sutpen's Hundred.
(b) Sutpen's Manor.
(c) Sutpen's Castle.
(d) Sutpen's Farm.

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

5. Who notifies Rosa Coldfield of Charles' death?
(a) Henry Sutpen.
(b) Wash Jones.
(c) Mrs. Compson.
(d) Judith Sutpen

6. 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.

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

8. To whom does the recipient of the letter presented in Chapter 4 give the letter to decades ago?
(a) General Compson, Quentin's grandfather.
(b) Jason Compson.
(c) Rosa Coldfield.
(d) Mrs. Compson, Quentin's grandmother.

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

10. Where does Thomas Sutpen get the money to build his estate?
(a) A family inheritance.
(b) He had been a banker.
(c) He is a horse trader.
(d) No one knows.

11. Upon hearing that Judith is engaged, what does Rosa offer to teach Judith?
(a) How to read.
(b) How to keep house and manage other domestic matters.
(c) How to make a wedding dress.
(d) How to keep a ledger.

12. What does Jason Compson believe Henry found to be objectionable about Charles' past?
(a) The fact that Charles was not of a known family.
(b) The fact that Charles married his mistress.
(c) The fact that Charles had written letters to Judith.
(d) The fact that Charles lived in New Orleans.

13. Why does Stupen's bride cry on her wedding day?
(a) Most of Jefferson refuses to attend the wedding.
(b) Her mother can not attend the wedding.
(c) Her father disapproves of the marriage.
(d) She hates Sutpen.

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

15. Where is the visitor who Henry brings home for Christmas from?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Greenfield.
(c) Jackson.
(d) New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Henry and Charles Bon to abruptly leave Sutpen's estate one Christmas day?

2. Where is Sutpen's architect from?

3. Where do Sutpen's slaves go when the war began?

4. How does Rosa acquire what she needs to make Judith's wedding gift?

5. What type of currency does Sutpen use to purchase his land?

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