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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) Quentin's grandfather.
(d) The town preacher.

2. What does Mr. Coldfield do during the war?
(a) Startes a store in Jefferson.
(b) Fights for the South.
(c) Locks himself in his attic.
(d) Moves to New Orleans.

3. What is Henry's rank in the army?
(a) General.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Private.
(d) Lieutenant.

4. What is the relationship between Ellen Sutpen and Rosa Coldfield?
(a) They are sisters.
(b) They are best friends.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) Ellen is Rosa's aunt.

5. In what year does Stupen's marriage take place?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1838.
(d) 1909.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who tells Quentin the story of Thomas Sutpen?

2. After what major event does Rosa Coldfield move to Sutpen's estate?

3. Where had Thomas Sutpen lived before he came to Jefferson?

4. What is the letter that is presented in Chapter 4 written with?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rosa stop accepting visits from Judith and Ellen?

2. What is Quentin's answer to Shreve's final question of the novel?

3. 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?"

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

5. In Chapter 4, Jason Compson says that "...it must have been Henry who seduced Judith, not Bon..." What does this mean?

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

7. Why is Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon such a violent and troubled young man?

8. Why does Jason Compson, who is telling much of the story presented in Chapter 2, know so much about Sutpen?

9. Repeatedly throughout Chapter 3, Ellen is referred to as "a butterfly." Why is she characterized this way, and what does it mean?

10. Why do the townspeople show up at the wedding to throw dirt and vegetables? Is it something more than the fact that they don't like Sutpen?

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