As I Lay Dying Quizzes

As I Lay Dying Quiz 1

1 William Faulkner came from
Massachusetts

Florida

Alabama

Mississippi
2 The novel takes place in the fictional county of
Shamaltapac

Montgomery

Clarenton

Yoknapatawpha
3 The father of the Bundren family is named
Cash

Jewel

Vernon

Anse
4 The mother of the Bundren family is named
Cora

Eula

Addie

Dewey Dell
5 The oldest son of the Bundren family is named
Darl

Jewel

Cash

Vardaman
6 The second son of the Bundren family is named
Jewel

Darl

Vardaman

Cash
7 The youngest son of the Bundren family is named
Vardaman

Cash

Jewel

Darl
8 The middle child of the Bundren family is named
Vardaman

Darl

Jewel

Cash
9 The only daughter of the Bundren family is named
Cora

Addie

Eula

Dewey Dell
10 Addie's longstanding wish is
to be buried in Jefferson, among her birth family

to see Jewel named as heir to her fortune

to see Darl institutionalized

to see Jewel pregnant
11 At the novel's start, Addie is
sewing

having an illicit affair with Whitfield

riding a horse, but showing signs of weakness

on her deathbed
12 The novel's most frequently used narrator is
Addie

Anse

Darl

Jewel
13 Darl could best be described as
sexually frustrated and eager

physical and unemotive

sensitive and intelligent

cruel and malicious
14 Cora is
deeply religious

both judgmental and deeply religious

judgmental

sexually predatory
15 The Tulls have two daughters:
Eula and Faith

Buffy and Faith

Eula and Kate

Addie and Eula
16 The most intelligent member of the Bundren family is probably
Darl

Willow

Dewey Dell

Anse
17 Jewel could best be described as
compassionate and loving

hot-tempered and physical

intellectual and sensitive

feeble and whining
18 Dewey Dell's secret is that she's
had two abortions

pregnant

planning to elope as soon as she's reached Jefferson

gay
19 Dewey Dell resents Darl because he
was Addie's favorite

hates Jewel

raped her

is so intuitive that she feels like she can have no secrets from him
20 Vardaman confuses his dead mother with a
weeping willow

weeping xander

oak box

fish
21 Among the obstacles facing the Bundrens on their journey is
bands of thieves

heavy snowfall

the increasing activity of the KKK

the bridges have been washed away by heavy rains
22 Anse could best be described as
fair but quick to anger

weak, stupid, and lazy

strong, self-sacrificing and wise

kind and compassionate to a fault
23 The local doctor is
Vernon Tull

Snopes Quick

Peabody

None of the above
24 The first farm the Bundrens take shelter at belongs to
Samson

MacGowan

Tull

Gillespie
25 A symbol of death trails the Bundrens. These hungry animals are
bears

wolves

foxes

buzzards

I'm sorry, what do you mean by entries?

Asked by Marcus F #1336562

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/16/2024 8:18 PM

What are we to make of the trip to “town”? What does this mean for the different characters?

Obligation is an important theme of the novel. The family is bringing Addie's body to Jefferson, to bury her as she wished to be buried. There is much talk about duty. Addie herself speaks of duty regarding her relationship to Anse; to hear her...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 7/7/2023 10:11 AM

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What qualites in human nature are evident here in chapter 37 (Darl)

Cash is a martyr who sacrifices his own well-being to provide for others. In this sense he becomes a Christ-figure in the story.

Asked by Audrey M #1213068

Answered by Aslan on 2/10/2022 5:51 PM

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