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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Rosa at the time of Bon's death?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty.

2. Who kills Thomas Sutpen?
(a) Henry Sutpen.
(b) Judith Sutpen.
(c) Rosa Coldfield.
(d) Wash Jones.

3. What is Shreve's nickname for Thomas Sutpen?
(a) The fighter.
(b) The idiot.
(c) The demon.
(d) The devil.

4. When Quentin and Jason visit the Sutpen graveyard, who is buried there?
(a) Ellen, Thomas, and Judith Sutpen.
(b) Ellen and Thomas Sutpen and Charles Bon.
(c) Ellen, Thomas, and Judith Sutpen; Charles Bon; and Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon.
(d) Charles Bon and Ellen Sutpen.

5. Who is the primary subject of discussion in Chapter 8?
(a) Charles Bon.
(b) Quentin Compson.
(c) Thomas Sutpen.
(d) Judith Sutpen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the letter in Chapter 6 announce?

2. What reason does Rosa give for staying at Sutpen's estate after Bon's death?

3. Who is telling the Sutpen story in Chapter 7?

4. How does Quentin know about Thomas Sutpen's childhood?

5. What woman does Sutpen turn his attentions to after Rosa leaves Sutpen's estate?

(see the answer keys)

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