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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. What is Thomas Sutpen's rank in the army?
2. What do Ellen and Judith do in Jefferson for entertainment?
3. What does Mr. Coldfield do during the war?
4. How is Charles Bon killed?
5. What does Henry study at school?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Judith portrayed in Chapter 1?
2. 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?
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. How does Rosa depict Judith's reaction to Charles Bon's murder?
5. Characterize the change in public opinion about Sutpen that occurs in the first few years of his residence in Jefferson, and explain why that change occurs.
6. Why did Sutpen want to have a big wedding, even though he knew it wasn't a good idea?
7. Why didn't Sutpen like sugar?
8. Shreve and Quentin believe that one aspect of the idea of Charles marrying Judith is more repulsive to Henry than another. What is it?
9. In Chapter 8, what is meant by the fact that Quentin and Shreve feel as though there are four people in their dorm room?
10. Why did Sutpen reject his first wife?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jason Compson is one of the primary tellers of the Sutpen story. What is Jason Compson's role in this novel, in reader interpretation of the novel, and in Quentin's attitudes about the South?
Essay Topic 2
Examine how Quentin changes over the course of the novel and explain how and why. Be sure to use specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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