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The Sound and the Fury

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About the Novel

Brief Synopsis
Image and Order in the Benjy Section
List of Characters

Summaries and Commentaries

The Benjy Section
The Quentin Section
Jason's Section
Easter Sunday

Character Analyses

Mr. Jason Compson III
Mrs. Caroline Compson
Quentin Compson
Caddy
Jason Compson
Benjy
Dilsey

Critical Essays

The Title
Structure
Meaning Through Motif
Faulkner's Style And Stream-Of-Consciousness

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1:  Benjy is referred to as Maury

a. because he is mistaken for his uncle

b. because that was his original name

c. to please his grandmother

d. to irritate his father
2:  Of his family, Benjy truly loves

a. his father

b. his brother Jason

c. his sister, Caddy

d. the maid, Dilsey
3:  Benjy frequently notes that Caddy

a. is a tomboy

b. is afraid of her brothers

c. has nightmares

d. smells like trees
4:  The character Damuddy is

a. the Compson’s cook

b. the family name for Carolyn Compson

c. the grandmother of the Compson children

d. Caddy’s daughter
5:  Quentin was able to attend Harvard

a. on a scholarship

b. because all Compson men went to Harvard

c. because his father had sold off pasture land to pay for it

d. on his winnings as a poker player
6:  Jason has a persistent habit of

a. keeping his hands in his pockets

b. being overly solicitous of his mother

c. mocking the preacher

d. being upset by Caddy’s sexual adventures
7:  Waiting to play with the golf ball in 1928 reminds Benjy of

a. when he was a caddy for his brothers

b. when he had some lightning bugs

c. when he became aware his sister used perfume

d. the funeral wake for his grandmother
8:  Why is Benjy happy when the final scene in his section ends?

a. Because, for him, everything is in its ordered place

b. Because his brothers treat him kindly

c. Because Caddy promises him she will take care of him

d. Because his mother knits a scarf for him
9:  The entire Quentin section is told over a period of

a. a Christmas vacation from his studies at Harvard

b. one day

c. an unspecified block of years

d. the year before Caddy’s marriage
10:  When Quentin suggests a double suicide pact to Caddy,

a. she laughs at him

b. she informs their father

c. she leaves home

d. she accepts
11:  In Jason’s narrative segment

a. he has a kind word for nearly everyone

b. he tries to patch up his strained regard for Caddy

c. he lives entirely for the present moment

d. he is frequently solicitous of Benjy
12:  The money Miss Quentin takes from Jason’s room is

a. rightfully hers

b. a loan from Jason’s mother

c. money he has embezzled from Earl’s hardware store

d. Jason’s monthly paycheck
13:  In the final section of the novel, Dilsey emerges as

a. the one who exposes Jason’s scheme to defraud his mother

b. the only one who regularly restores peace and order

c. the only one who resents Miss Quentin

d. the only one who is kind to Benjy
14:  What is the theme of the Easter sermon Dilsey hears?

a. Vengeance is mine only, saith the Lord

b. Live and let live

c. The beginning and ending of things

d. From the mouths of babes
15:  The closest tie formed in the novel is between

a. Jason and his mother

b. Caddy and Miss Quentin

c. Dilsey and Benjy

d. Benjy and Caddy



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