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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. How does Bayard balance his gun?

2. Why does Granny pray after the soldiers leave?

3. As the Union soldiers leave Sartoris' burning house, how does Granny respond?

4. At the beginning of "Ambuscade," what map is Bayard drawing?

5. After Granny returns home, where is the silver?

Short Essay Questions

1. Are people's loyalties in "Raid" predictable or unpredictable? How?

2. Why is Granny particularly paranoid about the chest of silver in "Retreat"?

3. Is the war being waged violent in Mississippi in "Retreat"?

4. How is the reader's perception of the war in "Raid" different than in prior chapters?

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

6. Why does Loosh feel justified in taking the silver?

7. In "Raid," which is more important to people: freedom or personal sentiment? How and why?

8. Why has Drusilla become more masculine?

9. How have roles been reversed or changed in "Raid"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Through "The Unvanquished," the reader watches Bayard mature from his idyllic childhood to adulthood. This transition is instigated through both nature and experience. Discuss the affect Bayard's youthful and matured perspectives offer to the book and Faulkner's explanation of the natures of youth and adulthood.

Essay Topic 2

Through "The Unvanquished," readers experiences unlikely empathetic actions on behalf of some and a severe lack in others. Colonel Dick is generous to Granny, while the slaves abandon their families to get to the river. Discuss Faulkner's exploration of empathy in "The Unvanquished" and how this impacts the portrait of humanity.

Essay Topic 3

Stemming from the chaotic nature of the war, the maturing of two of the protagonists (Bayard and Ringo), and the uprooted nature of the Sartoris family, characters are forced to take on others' roles. Discuss how these role reversals take place and how they prove as pivotal to the narrative.

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