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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 ask Aleck Sander to do?

2. What does Aleck offer Charles to help him out of the water?

3. When is Charles afraid the the town folk will lynch Lucas?

4. What is the name of the novel's narrator?

5. Why does Charles think Lucas does not talk to him the second time they meet in town?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way in chapter five does Uncle Gavin take control of the situation?

2. Why do you think Charles does not argue with Lucas when he pulls him from the water, even though he wants to?

3. Describe the painting in Lucas's cabin.

4. Do you think Will Legate is a good choice to guard Lucas at such a dangerous time?

5. In what way does Charles become obsessed by the incident?

6. Why are the black prisoners so quiet the night Lucas is taken into the prison?

7. What is Uncle Gavin opinion on Lucas' request to dig up the dead body?

8. How does Charles still know that he still owes Lucas a debt?

9. In this chapter how does Faulkner show what he thinks is the main difference between men and women?

10. Why does Lucas want Charles to dig up Gowrie's body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Faulkner uses southern dialect. What meaning do you think Faulkner's use of dialect brings to the novel? Do you think the dialect is accurate? Why do you think some authors choose to use dialect while others choose not to? Which method do you think is better?

Essay Topic 2

Faulkner uses stream of consciousness in his writing.

1) Describe what stream of consciousness is? What meaning does it bring to a novel?

2) Why do you think Faulkner uses stream of consciousness in Intruder in the Dust? How different would the novel be if he wrote in normal prose?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Falkner subvert stereotypes in this book? Take one character and discuss your first impression of that character? Does Faulkner challenge that first impression?

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