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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 Christmas trade a black woman for when he is on the run?
2. What does Miss Burden insist that Christmas do every day to prove his faithfulness?
3. Why did Hightower's grandfather never visit his son's home?
4. How is Christmas killed?
5. How has Hightower always perceived his parents?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Byron force an encounter with Brown after Brown flees from Lena in the cabin?
2. New life has significance in more than one way in this chapter. Explain.
3. Why does Christmas refuse to marry Miss Burden and raise a family?
4. How does Faulkner show that women are more realistic and more forgiving in this chapter?
5. Explain this statement made by Christmas: "Whether they are seventeen or fortyseven, when they finally come to surrender completely, it's going to be in words."
6. Why are the townspeople anxious to find Miss Burden's killer?
7. How does Mrs. Hines indirectly cause the death of Christmas, her grandson?
8. How does Christmas know that he has run far enough for now?
9. What does Hightower mean when he says the fading afternoon light is audible?
10. The cries of Lena's newborn child are significant for Byron. Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Another literary technique Faulkner uses is to give a voice to the towns of Jefferson and Mottstown. Why does Faulkner do this? How can one voice encompass the opinions and feelings of all the people in a town? What would the reader not know if these voices were not apparent in the story?
Essay Topic 2
Faulkner compares Joe Christmas to Jesus Christ which is a popular literary technique in Faulkner's time. Identify the ways in which Christmas and Christ have similarities. Do you think this is blasphemous? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Hightower is really forced to resign from his minister position? Was it because his wife disgraced him with improper behavior? Or is there some hidden story related to rumors of his homosexuality? Explain your perspective.
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