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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. After what major event does Rosa Coldfield move to Sutpen's estate?
2. What is the relationship between Ellen Sutpen and Rosa Coldfield?
3. What does Thomas Sutpen like to do in his barn for entertainment?
4. What causes Henry and Charles Bon to abruptly leave Sutpen's estate one Christmas day?
5. What does Charles Bon study at school?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Thomas Sutpen marry Ellen Coldfield?
2. Why is Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon such a violent and troubled young man?
3. When General Compson rescues Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon from an indictment, he gives Bon money and tells him to leave town. He tells him that "once you are among strangers, people who don't know you, you can be whatever you will." What does he mean when he says that Bon "can be whatever" he wants?
4. Shreve and Quentin believe that one aspect of the idea of Charles marrying Judith is more repulsive to Henry than another. What is it?
5. In Chapter 8, what is meant by the fact that Quentin and Shreve feel as though there are four people in their dorm room?
6. Why did Wash Jones kill Sutpen?
7. Why does Rosa take such an intense interest in Judith's wedding?
8. Why did Sutpen want to marry Rosa?
9. What is Shreve's final question to Quentin?
10. What does Jason Compson identify as Henry's objection to Bon marrying Judith?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss why Clytie chose to stay at Sutpen's Hundred her entire life, and why she remained loyalty to her family until the end. Be sure to use specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the relationship between Henry and Bon to the relationship between Quentin and Shreve.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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