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

2. What is the relationship between Quentin Compson and Rosa Coldfield?
(a) She is his aunt.
(b) They are neighbors.
(c) She is his teacher.
(d) She is his step-sister.

3. Who builds Sutpen's house?
(a) The local construction company.
(b) A group of soldiers.
(c) Jefferson laborers.
(d) Sutpen and his slaves.

4. What is Rosa preparing as a wedding gift for Judith?
(a) She is knitting Judith a sweater.
(b) She is writing out instructions on how to cook.
(c) She is making undergarments for Judith's trousseau.
(d) She is making Judith's wedding dress.

5. Where does Rosa meet Charles Bon?
(a) In New Orleans.
(b) On the streets of Jefferson.
(c) At Sutpen's Hundred.
(d) She never meets him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles Bon study at school?

2. In Chapter 4, the reason why Henry rejects his family and his birthright is revealed. What is that reason?

3. What do Ellen and Judith do in Jefferson for entertainment?

4. What does General Compson do on the day of Sutpen's wedding?

5. Where is Sutpen's architect from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rosa take such an intense interest in Judith's wedding?

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

3. What was Rosa Coldfield's childhood relationship with Thomas Sutpen and his family?

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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