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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Rosa Coldfield's aunt when Rosa was ten?
(a) The aunt moves out to Sutpen's Hundred.
(b) The aunt dies.
(c) The aunt elopes.
(d) The aunt is arrested and jailed.

2. What is the relationship between Quentin Compson and Rosa Coldfield?
(a) They are neighbors.
(b) She is his step-sister.
(c) She is his aunt.
(d) She is his teacher.

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

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

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

6. What is Mr. Coldfiled's association with Sutpen after the marriage?
(a) Mr. Coldfield is one of the townspeople who turned his back on Sutpen.
(b) Mr. Coldfield is Sutpen's father-in-law.
(c) Mr. Coldfield is Sutpen's brother-in-law.
(d) Mr. Coldfield is Sutpen's business associate.

7. Who writes the letter that is presented in Chapter 4?
(a) Judith Sutpen.
(b) Rosa Coldfield.
(c) Henry Sutpen.
(d) Charles Bon.

8. Where is Charles Bon buried?
(a) In New Orleans.
(b) Next to his wife.
(c) On the battlefield.
(d) In the Sutpen family plot.

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

10. How old is Rosa when Ellen dies?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Forty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty-five.

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

12. Why does Thomas Sutpen stop attending church?
(a) The preacher asks him to.
(b) His son dies.
(c) He becomes ill.
(d) His wife is embarrassed about her clothes.

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

14. Who does Henry bring home from college for Christmas one year?
(a) His English professor.
(b) Quentin Compson.
(c) Charles Bon.
(d) Charles Akers.

15. What does Thomas Sutpen do during the war?
(a) Fights for the North.
(b) Moves to New Orleans.
(c) Fights for the South.
(d) Locks himself in his attic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sutpen get arrested?

2. What photograph does Charles Bon have on his person when he dies?

3. In Chapter 4, the reason why Henry rejects his family and his birthright is revealed. What is that reason?

4. Who wants Stupen and his bride to have a big wedding?

5. To whom does the recipient of the letter presented in Chapter 4 give the letter to decades ago?

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