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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. To whom does Sutpen become engaged shortly after he is arrested?
2. Where is the visitor who Henry brings home for Christmas from?
3. What is Mr. Coldfield's association with Sutpen before the marriage?
4. Why is Quentin Compson going to leave Jefferson in the fall?
5. What does Thomas Sutpen do during the war?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Charles Etienne Saint-Valery Bon such a violent and troubled young man?
2. How did Judith's fiance die?
3. Why did Ellen ask Rosa to protect Judith but not Henry?
4. When did Sutpen tell the story of his childhood to General Compson?
5. 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?"
6. Why didn't Rosa defy her father and attempt to reinstate the store so she could survive financially?
7. Why did Thomas Sutpen marry Ellen Coldfield?
8. Why does Rosa take such an intense interest in Judith's wedding?
9. In the final imagined scene of Chapter 8, Shreve and Quentin imagine what took place after Sutpen departed from the military camp, having just told Quentin about the true origin of Charles Bon. Henry tells Bon what Sutpen has told him. What does Charles tell Henry to do?
10. Why did Wash Jones kill Sutpen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the protagonist of _Absalom, Absalom_? Who is the antagonist? Give reasons from the text to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
How can the fall of the Sutpen family be compared to the fall of the South? What is the relationship between the two declines?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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