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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. Who is Benjy's favorite sibling?

2. What is the name of Caddy's boyfriend?

3. What does Caddy tell Benjy she will never do?

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

5. Where is Jason employed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Quentin's relationship with his sister Caddy?

2. How do you think outsiders see Benjamin?

3. Describe Benjamin Compson's role in the novel.

4. Why is Benjy's section so hard to understand?

5. Describe Caddy's role in the novel.

6. Describe the female Quentin's role in the novel.

7. Summarize the novel.

8. How does a tale of such hopelessness maintain such power?

9. What does Benjy remember about his brother Quentin?

10. What complaints does the female Quentin have about Benjy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dilsey can be aggressive towards Jason. How do you think a black person role had changed in the 1920s since the days of slavery? Does Jason ever try to keep control of Dilsey?

Essay Topic 2

What meaning do you think the Mississippi setting gives the novel? Choose another state and examine how different the novel would be if it was set there.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Faulkner's life as a writer and a person. How much of the novel do you think comes from Faulkner's personal experience?

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