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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jim Bond?
(a) Judith's son.
(b) Charles Bon's grandson.
(c) Clytie's son.
(d) Judith's servant.

2. Chapter 7 says that Sutpen had only one friend. Who is that friend?
(a) Wash Jones.
(b) The French planter.
(c) General Compson.
(d) The French architect.

3. What organization is Sutpen asked to join, but which he declines to be a part of?
(a) The Mississippi Senate.
(b) Jefferson's City Council.
(c) The Ku Klux Klan.
(d) The Confederate Army.

4. What do Shreve and Quentin imagine Thomas Sutpen tells Henry at their last meeting?
(a) That Henry must kill Charles Bon.
(b) That Henry cannot allow Bon to marry Judith.
(c) That Henry must keep Bon's identity a secret.
(d) That Henry should move out of the country.

5. When Thomas Sutpen goes to the front door of the plantation house when he is a boy, what happens?
(a) The house servants laugh at Sutpen's clothes.
(b) The slave butler tells Sutpen he is not allowed to use the front door and must go to the back of the house.
(c) The master of the house shows Sutpen his gun.
(d) The lady of the house takes him in and gave him a tour.

6. How old is Rosa at the time of Bon's death?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Nineteen.

7. What do Shreve and Quentin imagine Charles Bon was waiting for when he anticipated the mail that would come to the university from Sutpen's Hundred?
(a) A letter from Judith's maid suggesting that Bon propose to Judith.
(b) A letter from Judith professing her love.
(c) A letter from Thomas Sutpen revealing that he was Bon's father.
(d) A letter from Ellen suggesting that Bon propose to Judith.

8. Why does Sutpen reject his last (youngest) child?
(a) The child is diseased.
(b) The child is a girl instead of a boy.
(c) The child is of mixed race.
(d) The child is born out of wedlock.

9. How do Shreve and Quentin believe that the French planter disguised his daughter's African blood?
(a) The French planter tells Sutpen that his daughter's mother is Spanish.
(b) The planter destroys his daughter's birth certificate.
(c) The planter tells Sutpen that his daughter's mother is Native American.
(d) The planter has the neighbors lie about his daughter's mother.

10. Who is present when Rosa got engaged?
(a) Clytie.
(b) Judith and Clytie.
(c) Judith.
(d) Wash Jones.

11. Who do Quentin and Shreve believe persuaded Bon to attend the university he chose to attend?
(a) Thomas Sutpen.
(b) The lawyer.
(c) Bon's mother.
(d) Bon's wife.

12. What does the letter in Chapter 6 announce?
(a) The sale of Sutpen's hundred.
(b) The death of Rosa Coldfield.
(c) The love of Charles Bon for Judith Sutpen.
(d) The death of Charles Bon.

13. Where is Sutpen's funeral?
(a) At Jefferson's Methodist church.
(b) In the woods near Sutpen's Hundred.
(c) At Sutpen's Hundred.
(d) At Jefferson's Catholic church.

14. At the close of Chapter 5, Rosa says there is something hidden somewhere. Where is it hidden?
(a) In the Compson house.
(b) In her father's store.
(c) In the swamp.
(d) In Sutpen's house.

15. Who is discussing the Sutpen story in Chapter 6?
(a) Quentin and Jason.
(b) Quentin and Shreve.
(c) Quentin and Henry.
(d) Quentin and Rosa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wash Jones' granddaughter die?

2. Where is Thomas Sutpen the second time Bon visits Sutpen's estate?

3. Why does Rosa leave Sutpen's estate in Chapter 5?

4. What is the name of Thomas Sutpen's first child?

5. How does Thomas Sutpen's last (youngest) child die?

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