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1:  William Faulkner took the title for this novel from

a. a map of Yoknapatawpha County.

b. the Old Testament of the Bible.

c. the court record of a rape trial.

d. a spiritual song often sung by slaves.
2:  Who of the following is not one of the principal narrators of Absalom, Absalom!?

a. Goodhue Coldfield

b. Mr. Compson

c. Quentin

d. Miss Rosa
3:  To relate the story of Absalom, Absalom!, the author uses a literary technique called

a. Circumlocution

b. Understatement

c. Falling action

d. Denotation
4:  In the first chapter, Faulkner tells six different times about

a. Miss Rosa's hatred of Sutpen.

b. how the Colfield family has always been known as cold and calculating.

c. Sutpen's arrival in Jefferson.

d. Quentin's secret.
5:  Thomas Sutpen acquired his land from

a. Pettibone.

b. Major de Spain.

c. Century 21.

d. Ikkemotubbe.
6:  Henry Sutpen commits fratricide by

a. killing his father.

b. murdering his half-brother.

c. carrying on an affair with his half-sister.

d. disowning his son.
7:  Charles Bon's rank in the Confederate Army is

a. private.

b. officer.

c. never revealed.
8:  Chapter 5 of Absalom, Absalom! appears entirely in

a. verse.

b. question-and-answer format.

c. italics.

d. Spanish.
9:  How does Charles Bon finally gain some type of family recognition?

a. His father gives him a toast at his wedding.

b. He finds his original birth certificate.

c. Laws change, allowing him an inheritance.

d. He's buried in the family burial ground.
10:  Whose narration provides all the missing facts from other narrations?

a. The author's

b. Quentin's

c. Miss Rosa's

d. Goodhue's
11:  With the introduction of Shreve McCannon, the author shifts the setting from Mississippi to

a. a dormitory room at Harvard.

b. a Civil War battlefield.

c. a sitting room at Sutpen Hundred.

d. slaves' quarters at the Holston House.
12:  The motivating force in Thomas Sutpen's life is

a. his daughters.

b. military service.

c. "the design."

d. evening the score after being wronged by the townspeople.
13:  How does Thomas Sutpen die?

a. Wash Jones kills him in a rage.

b. Clytie starts a fire, and they both burn up.

c. Eulalia Bon poisons him.

d. He dies of old age.
14:  Who says the following: ". . . some things . . . just have to be whether they are or not."

a. Eulalia Bon Sutpen

b. Shrevlin McCannon

c. Jim Bond

d. Theophilus McCaslin
15:  Who says the following: "Years ago we in the South made our women into ladies. Then the War came and made the ladies into ghosts."

a. Charles Bon

b. Henry Sutpen

c. Mr. Compson

d. Judith Sutpen


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