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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who Sutpen impregnates after Rosa leaves Sutpen's estate?
(a) Rosa.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Milly.
(d) Eleanor.

2. Who does Sutpen visit when he returns to Jefferson to place a tombstone on Ellen's grave?
(a) General Compson.
(b) Rosa Coldfield.
(c) His first wife.
(d) Charles Bon.

3. What is the setting of Chapter 6?
(a) The Compsons' porch.
(b) Quentin's dorm room at Harvard.
(c) Rosa Coldfield's office.
(d) The Sutpen mansion.

4. Where is Thomas Sutpen the second time Bon visits Sutpen's estate?
(a) In New Orleans.
(b) In Springfield.
(c) In Haiti.
(d) In Jefferson.

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

6. How does Charles Bon's son die?
(a) He dies of old age.
(b) He dies of yellow fever.
(c) He is killed by Thomas Sutpen.
(d) He is killed in a bar fight.

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

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

9. Who rescues Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon from being indicted?
(a) Judith.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Clytie.
(d) General Compson.

10. Who kills Thomas Sutpen?
(a) Judith Sutpen.
(b) Wash Jones.
(c) Rosa Coldfield.
(d) Henry Sutpen.

11. How does Judith Sutpen die?
(a) She dies of old age.
(b) She dies of yellow fever.
(c) She commits suicide.
(d) She is killed by Charles Bon's wife.

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

13. What woman does Sutpen turn his attentions to after Rosa leaves Sutpen's estate?
(a) Ellen Coldfield.
(b) One of his neighbor's servants.
(c) Wash Jones' granddaughter.
(d) His neighbor's daughter.

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

15. When Quentin goes to Sutpen's Hundred with Rosa, who tries to stop them from going up the stairs?
(a) Clytie.
(b) Wash Jones.
(c) Henry Sutpen.
(d) Jim Bond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Charles Bon's religion?

2. What reason does Rosa give for staying at Sutpen's estate after Bon's death?

3. 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?

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

5. Why does Sutpen reject his last (youngest) child?

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