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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Charles Bon's religion?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Adventist.
(d) Catholic.

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

3. Who is the first person Rosa encounters when she enters Sutpen's house after the murder?
(a) Clytie.
(b) Judith.
(c) Henry.
(d) Charles Bon.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. Where does Jim Bond live?
(a) In Jefferson.
(b) In the swamp adjacent to Sutpen's Hundred.
(c) In New Orleans.
(d) In a shack behind the Sutpen estate.

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 7 says that Sutpen had only one friend. Who is that friend?

2. At the close of Chapter 5, Rosa says there is something hidden somewhere. Where is it hidden?

3. What has Bon replaced the picture Judith had given him with?

4. How does Quentin know about Thomas Sutpen's childhood?

5. How old is Thomas Sutpen when he returns from the war?

(see the answer keys)

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