Chapter 1

Questions

1. Why does Miss Rosa call Quentin to come see her?
2. What sorts of tragedies have befallen Miss Rosa's family?
3. How is Sutpen connected to Quentin?
4. What question does Miss Rosa have about her father?
5. What is Sutpen like?

Answers

1. She thinks he's going to be a writer and he may like to write her story.
2. Her nephew killed his sister's fiancé and her father starved to death in an attic.
3. His grandpappy and Sutpen were friends. In fact, Quentin's grandpappy was one of Sutpen's only friends.
4. She wonders how he befriended Sutpen.
5. He's not someone you'd want to hang with. He gambles and even promotes slave fighting.