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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. Who notifies Rosa Coldfield of Charles' death?
2. What does Jason Compson believe Henry found to be objectionable about Charles' past?
3. What military conflict has Miss Coldfield lived through?
4. What causes Henry and Charles Bon to abruptly leave Sutpen's estate one Christmas day?
5. What does Rosa Coldfield's sister ask of Rosa before the sister dies?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 3, how does the breakout of the war affect the main characters of the story?
2. 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?
3. Why was Rosa offended that Wash Jones came to the front of the house when he arrived to notify her of Charles Bon's death?
4. How did Charles Bon actually find out about his father?
5. Why did Wash Jones kill Sutpen?
6. What reason did Sutpen give for not joining the Klan?
7. When Clytie is trying to get Quentin to bring Rosa back downstairs when Rosa has come to Sutpen's Hundred in 1909, Clytie tells Quentin, "Whatever he done, me and Judith and him have paid it out." Who is she referring to when she says "he?" Who is she referring to when she says "him?"
8. Characterize Thomas Sutpen as he is portrayed by Rosa Coldfield's description in Chapter 1.
9. How does Rosa depict Judith's reaction to Charles Bon's murder?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the relationship between Henry and Bon to the relationship between Quentin and Shreve.
Essay Topic 2
Point to cases of irony in the novel. What is the role of irony in the novel? How does the irony in the novel contribute to our understanding of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Who is the protagonist of _Absalom, Absalom_? Who is the antagonist? Give reasons from the text to support your claims.
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