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

2. Which of the following is the name of one of Sutpen's non-slave employees?
(a) Mr. Coldfield.
(b) Charles Bon.
(c) Charles Akers.
(d) Wash Jones.

3. What is the weather like the night of Sutpen's wedding?
(a) It is a perfect summer night.
(b) There is a tornado coming.
(c) It is snowing.
(d) It is raining.

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

5. What does Judith Sutpen witness as a child that her mother did not want her to see?
(a) A Civil War battle.
(b) Her father fighting with his slaves.
(c) A horse being killed.
(d) A hanging.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To whom does Sutpen become engaged shortly after he is arrested?

4. What is Mr. Coldfield's association with Sutpen before the marriage?

5. Who is Rosa engaged to at one point in her life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Wash Jones kill Sutpen?

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

4. The story of Sutpen's youth as a poor white on a plantation describes considerable hostility from poor whites directed at black slaves. What was the cause of this hostility?

5. Chapter 6 reveals the way in which Thomas Sutpen insulted Rosa, an insult that led to Rosa calling off their engagement. How did Sutpen insult her?

6. Shreve and Quentin believe that one aspect of the idea of Charles marrying Judith is more repulsive to Henry than another. What is it?

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

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

9. What does Jason Compson identify as Henry's objection to Bon marrying Judith?

10. Why were all the charges against Sutpen dropped after his bond was signed by Mr. Coldfield and General Compson?

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