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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Sutpen's slaves go when the war began?
(a) They leave Sutpen's Hundred to follow the Yankee army.
(b) They go to Martinique.
(c) They go to New Orleans.
(d) They hide in the woods near Sutpen's Hundred.

2. Where is the visitor who Henry brings home for Christmas from?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Greenfield.
(d) New Orleans.

3. What is the name of Thomas Sutpen's estate?
(a) Sutpen's Castle.
(b) Sutpen's Farm.
(c) Sutpen's Manor.
(d) Sutpen's Hundred.

4. How is Charles Bon killed?
(a) He is poisoned.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is hung.
(d) He is drowned.

5. Why does Stupen's bride cry on her wedding day?
(a) She hates Sutpen.
(b) Her mother can not attend the wedding.
(c) Her father disapproves of the marriage.
(d) Most of Jefferson refuses to attend the wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Thomas Sutpen when he comes to Jefferson in 1833?

2. Who builds Sutpen's house?

3. Where does Supten live for the first few months of his residence in Jefferson?

4. When Thomas Sutpen comes to Jefferson, what does the town notice that is strange about his appearance?

5. To whom is Judith engaged?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ellen ask Rosa to protect Judith but not Henry?

2. What does Chapter 2 imply about the reason why Mr. Coldfield was the one who ordered the wagons to pick up Sutpen's home furnishings?

3. Explain why Sutpen chooses Ellen Coldfield to be his bride over all the other women in Jefferson.

4. Why was Rosa offended that Wash Jones came to the front of the house when he arrived to notify her of Charles Bon's death?

5. Why didn't Sutpen like sugar?

6. When did Sutpen tell General Compson about why he abandoned his first wife?

7. At the end of Chapter 5, Rosa says there is "something in that house," referring to Sutpen's Hundred. Quentin responds, "In that house? It's Clytie..." What can the reader infer from this exchange?

8. In Chapter 8, the reader receives a glimpse of the action that unfolded the night that Rosa and Quentin went to Sutpen's Hundred. How are these events similar to another situation that occurred at Sutpen's Hundred?

9. How does Rosa depict Judith's reaction to Charles Bon's murder?

10. How is Judith portrayed in Chapter 1?

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