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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. Who helps Thomas Sutpen when he comes to Jefferson in 1833?
(a) Ellen Coldfield.
(b) Quentin's father.
(c) The town preacher.
(d) Quentin's grandfather.

2. What is the letter that is presented in Chapter 4 written with?
(a) Lead.
(b) Blood.
(c) Stove polish.
(d) Ink.

3. What military conflict has Miss Coldfield lived through?
(a) The Spanish-American War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

4. What does Thomas Sutpen like to do in his barn for entertainment?
(a) Whittle.
(b) Fight with his slaves.
(c) Make saddles.
(d) Read books.

5. What type of currency does Sutpen use to purchase his land?
(a) Spanish gold coins.
(b) Italian lira.
(c) US dollars.
(d) French francs.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Sutpen purchase his land?

2. Who currently has possession of the letter presented in Chapter 4?

3. To whom is Judith engaged?

4. After Sutpen's house is built but still unfurnished, what does Sutpen invite Jeffersonians out to Sutpen's Hundred to do?

5. Where does Henry Sutpen attend college?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When Clytie is trying to get Quentin to bring Rosa back downstairs when Rosa has come to Sutpen's Hundred in 1909, Clytie tells Quentin, "Whatever he done, me and Judith and him have paid it out." Who is she referring to when she says "he?" Who is she referring to when she says "him?"

3. What is Quentin distracted by at the end of Chapter 5 that causes him to stop paying attention to the story?

4. Why didn't Rosa defy her father and attempt to reinstate the store so she could survive financially?

5. When General Compson rescues Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon from an indictment, he gives Bon money and tells him to leave town. He tells him that "once you are among strangers, people who don't know you, you can be whatever you will." What does he mean when he says that Bon "can be whatever" he wants?

6. What does Chapter 6 imply about the reason why Judith took Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon in after he was orphaned?

7. What reason did Sutpen give for not joining the Klan?

8. Why does Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon flaunt his very dark-skinned wife?

9. When Clytie is trying to get Quentin to bring Rosa back downstairs when Rosa has come to Sutpen's Hundred in 1909, Clytie tells Quentin, "Whatever he done, me and Judith and him have paid it out." What does she mean that they have "paid it out?"

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

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