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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sutpen leave his first wife?
(a) He discovers she has a child by another man.
(b) He discovers she is of mixed race.
(c) He discovers she is an adulteress.
(d) He hates her father.

2. 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 Ellen suggesting that Bon propose to Judith.
(c) A letter from Thomas Sutpen revealing that he was Bon's father.
(d) A letter from Judith professing her love.

3. Where does Rosa live after leaving Sutpen's estate?
(a) In New Orleans.
(b) In her father's store.
(c) Her father's house.
(d) The Compsons' house.

4. What has Bon replaced the picture Judith had given him with?
(a) A picture of himself in his uniform.
(b) A picture of his wife and child.
(c) A picture of Thomas.
(d) A picture of Henry.

5. How does Rosa survive after she leaves Sutpen's estate?
(a) She lives off the food supplies left in her father's store.
(b) She cultivates a garden.
(c) She hunts.
(d) She steals food and relies on donations from the neighbors.

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

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

8. Who is the narrator of Chapter 5?
(a) Quentin Compson.
(b) Thomas Sutpen.
(c) Jason Compson.
(d) Rosa Coldfield.

9. Why does Rosa leave Sutpen's estate in Chapter 5?
(a) Sutpen insults her.
(b) She fights with Judith.
(c) She hates Clytie.
(d) She does not love Sutpen.

10. What is Judith holding in her hand the first time Rosa sees her after the murder?
(a) Bon's hat.
(b) A picture of herself that she had given Bon.
(c) Bon's jacket.
(d) A picture of Bon's wife and child.

11. Who cries at Bon's funeral?
(a) Judith and Rosa.
(b) Judith.
(c) No one.
(d) Rosa.

12. Who is Penelope?
(a) Sutpen's sister.
(b) Sutpen's mare, who bears a colt the same day Sutpen's last child is born.
(c) Sutpen's daughter.
(d) Sutpen's mother.

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

14. At the end of Chapter 5, who is imagining the scene that occurred when Henry told Judith of the murder?
(a) Quentin.
(b) Clytie.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Jason.

15. Where is Thomas Sutpen born?
(a) In the territory that is to become Mississippi.
(b) In the territory that is to become West Virginia.
(c) In the territory that is to become Louisiana.
(d) In the territory that is to become North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Quentin and Shreve believe persuaded Bon to attend the university he chose to attend?

2. Who is present when Rosa got engaged?

3. What is the name of the woman who Sutpen impregnates after Rosa leaves Sutpen's estate?

4. What happens to Charles Bon's son after his mother dies?

5. How old is Rosa at the time of Bon's death?

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