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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 posts bond so Sutpen can be released from jail?
(a) One of Sutpen's slaves.
(b) The Methodist minister.
(c) Mr. Akers
(d) Mr. Coldfield and General Compson.

2. When Thomas Sutpen comes to Jefferson, what does the town notice that is strange about his appearance?
(a) He is extremely short.
(b) He is missing a leg.
(c) He looks as if he had been ill.
(d) He is wearing a brand-new suit.

3. What causes Henry and Charles Bon to abruptly leave Sutpen's estate one Christmas day?
(a) Charles Bon has a fight with Sutpen.
(b) Henry has a fight with his father.
(c) Ellen hasa fight with Thomas.
(d) Judith calls off the marriage.

4. Where is Ellen Sutpen at the time of Rosa's story?
(a) At home.
(b) She is dead.
(c) In Connecticut.
(d) In New Orleans.

5. What photograph does Charles Bon have on his person when he dies?
(a) A photograph of his wife and child.
(b) A photograph of himself in his military uniform.
(c) A photograph of Judith.
(d) A photograph of Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rosa acquire what she needs to make Judith's wedding gift?

2. Whose regiment does Thomas Sutpen join?

3. In what year does Thomas Sutpen arrive in Jefferson?

4. Who writes the letter that is presented in Chapter 4?

5. Who first discovers the truth about Charles Bon's past?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 8, what is meant by the fact that Quentin and Shreve feel as though there are four people in their dorm room?

4. Why are there several different versions of how Charles Bon came to find out about his father in Chapter 8?

5. Why didn't Bon view his first marriage as a barrier to marrying Judith?

6. Characterize the change in public opinion about Sutpen that occurs in the first few years of his residence in Jefferson, and explain why that change occurs.

7. When Thomas Sutpen tells the story of his childhood to General Compson, he mentions that he lost his innocence when he went to the door of the planter's house and was told he must use the back door. What was the innocence in regard to?

8. Why is it ironic that the only Sutpen descendant left at the end of the novel is Jim Bond?

9. What reasons does Jason Compson give for Rosa hating her father?

10. Why did Henry choose to reject his family and his birthright when his father forbade the marriage between Bon and Judith?

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