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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. Why is Granny able to return home safely after visiting Colonel Dick?

2. While working, Bayard pretends to be who?

3. When his father returns home, Bayard observes he has the "smell of ______."

4. How do members of regiments expel their colonel?

5. Ringo and Bayard are _____ years old in "Raid."

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Ringo more than a slave boy? How is he an equal or still inferior?

2. Why does Granny become relieved at one point when the Union soldiers are searching her house?

3. How does Uncle Buck manage his slaves? Is this unusual?

4. How easy is it to gauge humor in "Retreat"? Why?

5. Why do Bayard and Ringo shoot at the Union soldiers?

6. How has Bayard matured since "Ambuscade"? What is the cause of this?

7. Why is the Sartoris family fleeing their town?

8. What are the fleeing slaves representing?

9. How is Sartoris a victim to both sides of the war?

10. How empathetic is the Union army in "Raid"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Through Bayard's childhood perspective, Faulkner's humor, and Bayard's adult perspective, warfare is represented in several different lights: from glorified to demonized and violent to psychological. Discuss how Faulkner interprets warfare in "The Unvanquished", focusing on the various approaches he takes.

Essay Topic 2

Post-war Jefferson, Mississippi is not much less tumulus than during the war. As the North is reforming the people's ways of life, characters like John Sartoris become more extreme in maintaining their way of life. Discuss the extremis move back to tradition in "The Unvanquished": what are characters' motives? What is Faulkner portraying about the nature of the post-war south?

Essay Topic 3

Aside from our protagonists, Faulkner utilizes several secondary characters. These characters represent alternate avenues to issues (Aunt Louisa to femininity, and Uncle Buck to slavery). Discuss the use of secondary characters in "The Unvanquished": what are they meant to represent? How do they round out the narrative? How do they aid to Faulkner's larger message with the book?

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