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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. What is the main reason Granny profits from her meeting with Colonel Dick?

2. Drusilla views her new life as _______.

3. Why does Granny scold Ringo and Bayard?

4. When the Union ambushes Granny, Ringo and Bayard, Granny fights them off with _______.

5. What does the Sartoris family hide their silver in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Sartoris family fleeing their town?

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

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

4. Are slaves able to be free in "Retreat"? Is it true freedom?

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

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

7. After the Union soldiers leave her house, what is Granny most concerned with?

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

9. Why is the Sartoris family burying their silver?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

The migration of the slaves to the river represents classical elements of the Civil War as well as Faulkner's personal portrait of the nature of humans and the time. Discuss the scene of the slaves' migration to the river in its themes and the statement Faulkner is making about the Civil War and the larger portrait of humanity.

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