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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 does Charles consider doing so he does not have to see Lucas lynched?
2. What does Paralee's father say men concentrate too much on?
3. When does Charles think the Gowries will go after Lucas?
4. Where did Lucas have his gun when they found him standing over the dead man?
5. What does Charles ask Aleck Sander to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how even in prison the white man is given precedent over the black man.
2. In what way does Charles show he is the epiphany of a southern gentleman in chapter four?
3. Why do you think Lucas does not discourage Gavin from giving him a version of his own story?
4. Describe Lucas's appearance.
5. What is Charles' attitude towards his black servant Aleck Sander?
6. How does chapter five express Charles's need to come of age as a man?
7. Why is Sheriff Hampton so reluctant to react to Charles story about the mule?
8. Do you think it was unusual for a black man to invite a white boy back to his cabin?
9. In what way in chapter five does Uncle Gavin take control of the situation?
10. Why does Charles become so involved in the murder case?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Intruder in the Dust is part of the southern Gothic genre.
1) What are the conventions of the southern Gothic genre in terms of character, language and plot?
2) In what way does Intruder in the Dust subvert the southern Gothic genre?
Essay Topic 2
Faulkner often hints at a divide between the North and South of America. Using one example in the book discuss how Faulkner shows this divide. What do you think caused this divide? Is the divide still there today?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the story Charles thinks he owes Lucas a favor and there are also many references to the southern gentlemen code. What is the southern gentlemen code? In what way does Faulkner present the southern gentlemen code as a backward and damaging tradition? In what ways do you think the characters and setting would lose and gain from the breakdown of the code?
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