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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Sutpen choose the bride he does?
(a) She is the most beautiful woman in Jefferson.
(b) Her father is one of the most respectable men in Jefferson.
(c) He meets her at church and falls in love with her immediately.
(d) Her father is rich and Sutpen wanted a large dowry.

4. What is Henry's rank in the army?
(a) Colonel.
(b) General.
(c) Private.
(d) Lieutenant.

5. Who does Rosa marry?
(a) Henry Sutpen.
(b) Thomas Sutpen.
(c) Mr. Compson.
(d) No one.

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

7. What do Ellen and Judith do in Jefferson for entertainment?
(a) They go dancing.
(b) They goshopping and call on the ladies of the town.
(c) They go to Holston House.
(d) They go to the theater.

8. Where does Henry Sutpen attend college?
(a) University of Mississippi.
(b) University of South Carolina.
(c) State University at Oxford.
(d) University of New Orleans.

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

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

11. What is Bon's rank in the army?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Private.
(c) General.
(d) Colonel.

12. What photograph does Charles Bon have on his person when he dies?
(a) A photograph of his wife and child.
(b) A photograph of Judith.
(c) A photograph of himself in his military uniform.
(d) A photograph of Henry.

13. What is Thomas Sutpen's rank in the army?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Colonel.
(c) General.
(d) Private.

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

15. Where does Supten live for the first few months of his residence in Jefferson?
(a) Holston House, the town inn.
(b) Sutpen's Hundred.
(c) In a tent on the outskirts of town.
(d) Mr. Coldfield's store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Sutpen's two daughters?

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

3. How is Charles Bon killed?

4. Why is Quentin listening to the story about Sutpen?

5. What is the name of the woman who tells Quentin the story of Thomas Sutpen?

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