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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Sutpen's estate has been built but left unfurnished for several years, he leaves Jefferson for a short period of time. What does he return with?
(a) Luxurious furnishings for his house.
(b) An interior designer.
(c) Spanish gold.
(d) Another architect.

2. Who wants Stupen and his bride to have a big wedding?
(a) The groom's father.
(b) The bride's aunt.
(c) The bride's father.
(d) The bride's mother.

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

4. Where does Rosa meet Charles Bon?
(a) In New Orleans.
(b) She never meets him.
(c) On the streets of Jefferson.
(d) At Sutpen's Hundred.

5. After Sutpen's house is built but still unfurnished, what does Sutpen invite Jeffersonians out to Sutpen's Hundred to do?
(a) Watch dog fighting.
(b) Help him decorate the house.
(c) Hunt, drink, play cards, and watch slaves fight for entertainment.
(d) Fish.

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

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

8. To whom is Judith engaged?
(a) Charles Bon.
(b) The Methodist minister.
(c) Thomas Compson.
(d) Charles Akers.

9. In Chapter 4, the reason why Henry rejects his family and his birthright is revealed. What is that reason?
(a) Thomas Sutpen forbade the marriage between Bon and Judith.
(b) Henry discovered that Sutpen had stolen the money he used to build Sutpen's Hundred.
(c) Henry discovered that Sutpen had other children.
(d) Judith wanted to marry Bon.

10. Where is Quentin while he's listening to the story about Thomas Sutpen?
(a) At Stupen's estate.
(b) At Harvard.
(c) In Rosa Coldfield's office.
(d) In his father's house.

11. What does Charles Bon study at school?
(a) Literature.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Law.

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

13. 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.

14. Why is Quentin listening to the story about Sutpen?
(a) He feels sorry for Thomas Sutpen.
(b) He is requested specifically by the person telling the story.
(c) His father makes him.
(d) His mother asks him to,

15. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1833.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Coldfiled's association with Sutpen after the marriage?

2. What is Bon's rank in the army?

3. What is Thomas Sutpen's rank in the army?

4. In what state is Jefferson located?

5. Who writes the letter that is presented in Chapter 4?

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