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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Thomas Sutpen born?
(a) In the territory that is to become Mississippi.
(b) In the territory that is to become West Virginia.
(c) In the territory that is to become North Carolina.
(d) In the territory that is to become Louisiana.

2. Why does Shreve believe Charles changed the pictures?
(a) Because Charles intended to mail the picture to his wife and child after marrying Judith.
(b) Because Charles never loved Judith.
(c) So that when he died, Judith would be able to contact his wife and child.
(d) So that in case he died, Judith would find the picture and think that he had not been worth marrying.

3. What happens to Charles Bon's son after his mother dies?
(a) He is sent to boarding school.
(b) He inherits her money and becomes a landowner.
(c) He becomes a servant in New Orleans.
(d) He comes to live at Sutpen's Hundred.

4. Why does Rosa leave Sutpen's estate in Chapter 5?
(a) She does not love Sutpen.
(b) She hates Clytie.
(c) She fights with Judith.
(d) Sutpen insults her.

5. Where is Thomas Sutpen the second time Bon visits Sutpen's estate?
(a) In New Orleans.
(b) In Jefferson.
(c) In Springfield.
(d) In Haiti.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Thomas Sutpen's last (youngest) child die?

3. Who cries at Bon's funeral?

4. Who is discussing the Sutpen story in Chapter 6?

5. Who makes Bon's coffin?

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