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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 tries to attack Quentin?

2. What does Jason do with the money Caddy sends for Quentin's upkeep?

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

4. Who does Quentin recall talking to?

5. What does Quentin buy after breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. How could the reader see Jason as a strong character?

2. Why do you think this chapter helps in understanding the story and characters better?

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

4. In what way does Quentin show his obsession with time?

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

6. Why does Quentin tell Caddy her new husband is a cheat?

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

8. What problems does Jason have to deal with at home?

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

10. What tragedies do you think have have shaped Jason's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Dilsey represents to the family? How do you think they would cope without her?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Caddy's relationship with the following characters:

1) Quentin

2) Benjy

3) Jason

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