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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom does Sutpen become engaged shortly after he is arrested?
(a) Rosa Coldfield.
(b) Mr. Akers' daughter.
(c) Ellen Coldfield.
(d) One of his slaves.

3. What does Mr. Coldfield do during the war?
(a) Locks himself in his attic.
(b) Fights for the South.
(c) Moves to New Orleans.
(d) Startes a store in Jefferson.

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

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

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

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

8. What military conflict has Miss Coldfield lived through?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Spanish-American War.

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

10. How does Rosa acquire what she needs to make Judith's wedding gift?
(a) She receives it from Ellen.
(b) She receives it by mail-order.
(c) She purchases it from her father's store.
(d) She steals it from her father's store.

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

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

13. What does Thomas Sutpen like to do in his barn for entertainment?
(a) Read books.
(b) Whittle.
(c) Make saddles.
(d) Fight with his slaves.

14. Where do Sutpen's slaves go when the war began?
(a) They go to New Orleans.
(b) They hide in the woods near Sutpen's Hundred.
(c) They go to Martinique.
(d) They leave Sutpen's Hundred to follow the Yankee army.

15. 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 was not of a known family.
(c) The fact that Charles lived in New Orleans.
(d) The fact that Charles had written letters to Judith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Thomas Sutpen marry?

2. Why does Rosa move to Sutpen's estate?

3. Who currently has possession of the letter presented in Chapter 4?

4. Where does Thomas Sutpen get the money to build his estate?

5. What is the relationship between Quentin Compson and Rosa Coldfield?

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