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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How do Shreve and Quentin believe that the French planter disguised his daughter's African blood?
(a) The planter destroys his daughter's birth certificate.
(b) The French planter tells Sutpen that his daughter's mother is Spanish.
(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.

4. Who makes Bon's coffin?
(a) Judith Sutpen.
(b) Wash Jones.
(c) Henry Sutpen.
(d) Thomas Sutpen.

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

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

7. Where is Shreve from?
(a) Springfield, Illinois.
(b) Jefferson, Mississippi.
(c) Alberta, Canada.
(d) Cambridge, Massachussetts.

8. What is the name of Quentin's roommate?
(a) Henry.
(b) Charles.
(c) Jason.
(d) Shreve.

9. What is the name of Thomas Sutpen's first child?
(a) Clytie.
(b) Charles Bon.
(c) Judith Sutpen.
(d) Henry Sutpen.

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

11. Who is the primary narrator of Chapter 8?
(a) Henry.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Shreve.
(d) Quentin.

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

13. Who says a prayer at Charles Bon's funeral?
(a) Theophilus McCaslin.
(b) Thomas Sutpen.
(c) Henry.
(d) Clytie.

14. Who is the primary subject of discussion in Chapter 8?
(a) Charles Bon.
(b) Judith Sutpen.
(c) Quentin Compson.
(d) Thomas Sutpen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Chapter 6?

2. How old is Charles Bon when he goes away to college?

3. What is Judith holding in her hand the first time Rosa sees her after the murder?

4. What do Shreve and Quentin imagine Thomas Sutpen tells Henry at their last meeting?

5. What do Shreve and Quentin imagine Henry did after his final meeting with his father?

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