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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Supten live for the first few months of his residence in Jefferson?
2. Where had Thomas Sutpen lived before he came to Jefferson?
3. Who builds Sutpen's house?
4. What is Rosa Coldfield's father's occupation?
5. Why does Sutpen choose the bride he does?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Rosa take such an intense interest in Judith's wedding?
2. What is Shreve's final question to Quentin?
3. When Thomas Sutpen tells the story of his childhood to General Compson, he mentions that he lost his innocence when he went to the door of the planter's house and was told he must use the back door. What was the innocence in regard to?
4. What is Quentin's answer to Shreve's final question of the novel?
5. Why did Henry choose to reject his family and his birthright when his father forbade the marriage between Bon and Judith?
6. What does Rosa mean when she says that Sutpen "wasn't a gentleman"?
7. Shreve and Quentin believe that one aspect of the idea of Charles marrying Judith is more repulsive to Henry than another. What is it?
8. In Chapter 4, Jason Compson says that "...it must have been Henry who seduced Judith, not Bon..." What does this mean?
9. In Chapter 3, how does the breakout of the war affect the main characters of the story?
10. When did Sutpen tell the story of his childhood to General Compson?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the end of the novel, Sutpen's house burns to the ground, eliminating the last vestiges of his former wealth. Compare the physical decline of the Sutpen estate to the decline of the Sutpen family.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how Faulkner uses characters' clothing to characterize them throughout the novel. Pick a specific character and comment on the evolution of that character's dress throughout the novel and what that evolution means about that character.
Essay Topic 3
How can the fall of the Sutpen family be compared to the fall of the South? What is the relationship between the two declines?
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