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Absalom, Absalom Study Guide

by William Faulkner

Absalom, Absalom Quiz 1

1. Where does Quentin attend college?

  • Princeton
  • Dartmouth
  • Yale
  • Harvard

2. What other Faulkner book stars the Compson family?

  • The Sound and the Fury
  • As I Lay Dying
  • A Light in August
  • Sartoris

3. Where is Absalom, Absalom! set?

  • Orange County, California
  • Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
  • Dade County, Florida
  • St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

4. Who is the first narrator of the Thomas Sutpen story?

  • Mr. Compson
  • Clytie Sutpen
  • Rosa Coldfield
  • Quentin Compson

5. In what year does the book open?

  • 1833
  • 1863
  • 1909
  • 1920

6. Why does Rosa Coldfield tell her story to Quentin?

  • She has a crush on him
  • He is the only young man in town
  • His father rescued her from Sutpen's wrath
  • His grandfather was Thomas Sutpen's only real friend

7. In what year did Thomas Sutpen appear in Jefferson?

  • 1833
  • 1845
  • 1865
  • 1909

8. Thomas Sutpen liked to do something with his slaves that horrified his wife and son (but not his daughter!). What was it?

  • Fight with them
  • Rape them
  • Kill them
  • Whip them

9. Why did no one attend the wedding of Thomas Sutpen and Ellen Coldfield?

  • It was during the war
  • No one liked Ellen Coldfield
  • Everyone thought Thomas Sutpen was a thief and, worse, not a gentleman
  • The Coldfields were not a respected family in town

10. What is the name of Sutpen's estate?

  • Dark house
  • The Farm
  • Sutpen's Castle
  • Sutpen's Hundred

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