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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 does Quentin threaten to tell about Herbert's cheating?

2. Where does Lorraine live?

3. What is "to go for a swim at night without knowing how to swim," a reference to?

4. Why does Jason want to send Benjy to an asylum?

5. What does Quentin buy after breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Quentin see Caddy?

2. In what way is Jason cruel to his sister Caddy?

3. In way does Jason show himself to be a racist?

4. In what way is Quentin's behavior towards his sister inappropriate?

5. Why do you think Quentin behaves so badly?

6. Why is it significant that Quentin drowns himself with flat irons?

7. How does Quentin react when he is accused of kidnapping the the Italian girl?

8. Do think Quentin shares either of his parents characteristics?

9. What do you think is Jason's opinion on women?

10. In what way does Faulkner suggest Caddy could be a homosexual?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Jason's character. In what ways do you you think he is just doing good by his family? Why do you think he does not leave the family home? Is the attention he receives from his mother just as damaging as the lack of attention his siblings receive from her? Why do you think he treats Caddy and her daughter so badly?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Faulkner express Benjy and Quentin's obsessive behavior? Why do you think Jason is the only narrator not to have obsessive behavior? What meaning does it give to his character and the novel?

Essay Topic 3

How do you think 1920's society reacts to Benjy's disability? How do you think people would react today?

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