Absalom, Absalom! Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Absalom, Absalom!? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Ellen is horrified when she finds that Sutpen lets Henry and Judith stay up late to do what?


Go to town to drink in the bars
Watch the fights in the stable
Go cow tippin'
Read
Q. Who is the only surviving member of the Sutpen family?


Charles Bon
Jim Bond
Adolph
Clytemnestra
Q. How does Sutpen die?


Hatchet to the head
Stroke of a rusty scythe
Stake in the heart
House fire
Q. Where does Sutpen grow up?


Haiti
Transylvania
West Virginia
New Orleans
Q. Why does Henry Sutpen shoot his sister's fiancée?


Henry's father asks him to
Charles refuses to divorce his first wife who is an octoroon
Henry wants to save Charles the misery of being part of the Sutpen clan
They can't agree on where to hold the bachelor party