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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Quentin commit suicide?
(a) He cannot accept his sister's shame.
(b) He cannot cope with his father's death.
(c) He cannot accept that he is a homosexual.
(d) He fails his course.

2. Where does Benjy's mother threaten to send him if he does not behave?
(a) The kitchen
(b) Jail
(c) Hell
(d) The asylum

3. Which one of the Compson children is the only one who does not have a narrative?
(a) Caddy
(b) Jason
(c) Benjy
(d) Quentin

4. What was Benjamin's original name?
(a) Lucifer
(b) Maury
(c) Jason
(d) Quentin

5. Who does Mrs. Compson worry about leaving in the house?
(a) Quentin
(b) Jason
(c) Benjy
(d) Caddy

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Benjy sense that something has changed about Caddy?

2. Who does Caddy name her daughter after?

3. On whom does Jason vent his anger ?

4. What does Roskus tell TP he is losing?

5. What does the man in the red tie offer Benjy?

(see the answer key)

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