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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. Where does the stranger shoot Buck?

2. Why do the Sartoris' have reservations about Ab?

3. Why does the stranger tell the group to look for Grumby in Alabama?

4. What was also supposed to happen on election day?

5. How does Buck receive the story of Bayard and Ringo's journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the affect of "Vendee" picking up only days after "Reposte in Tertio"?

2. Why do Bayard and Ringo hold Ab responsible for Granny's death?

3. Why isn't Ab Snopes enlisted in the army?

4. Why doesn't Bayard kill Ab?

5. What was Granny's motive in stealing and selling mules?

6. How do Bayard and Grumby approach killing differently?

7. How does Granny represent the title of the novel?

8. Who is the most effective weapon against the Union army? How so?

9. Who are the victors in "Skirmish at Sartoris"?

10. What is the purpose of the rainy weather in "Vendee"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Drusilla, after losing her husband and fiancé to the war, begins to show her true nature: without the traditional constraints of Southern society, she is masculine and adventurous. Drusilla portrays progressiveness, while Aunt Louisa portrays stringent Southern tradition. Discuss how Faulkner addresses humanity and the shift in the post-Civil War South through his use of his female characters.

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

In the tumultuous context of the Civil War, betrayal and revenge are common occurrences. Discuss the different instances of revenge and betrayal in "The Unvanquished" and how it relates to the book's portrait of humanity.

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