As I Lay Dying Quizzes

As I Lay Dying Quiz 1

By Gabrielle Clark · Last reviewed April 23, 2001

1 William Faulkner came from

Florida

Massachusetts

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

Anse

Vernon
4 The mother of the Bundren family is named

Addie

Dewey Dell

Eula

Cora
5 The oldest son of the Bundren family is named

Vardaman

Jewel

Darl

Cash
6 The second son of the Bundren family is named

Cash

Darl

Jewel

Vardaman
7 The youngest son of the Bundren family is named

Cash

Darl

Vardaman

Jewel
8 The middle child of the Bundren family is named

Jewel

Darl

Cash

Vardaman
9 The only daughter of the Bundren family is named

Addie

Dewey Dell

Eula

Cora
10 Addie's longstanding wish is

to see Darl institutionalized

to be buried in Jefferson, among her birth family

to see Jewel named as heir to her fortune

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

on her deathbed

riding a horse, but showing signs of weakness

having an illicit affair with Whitfield

sewing
12 The novel's most frequently used narrator is

Anse

Darl

Addie

Jewel
13 Darl could best be described as

physical and unemotive

sexually frustrated and eager

sensitive and intelligent

cruel and malicious
14 Cora is

deeply religious

judgmental

both judgmental and deeply religious

sexually predatory
15 The Tulls have two daughters:

Eula and Faith

Eula and Kate

Buffy and Faith

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

Anse

Darl

Dewey Dell

Willow
17 Jewel could best be described as

intellectual and sensitive

hot-tempered and physical

compassionate and loving

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

gay

planning to elope as soon as she's reached Jefferson

pregnant

had two abortions
19 Dewey Dell resents Darl because he

raped her

hates Jewel

is so intuitive that she feels like she can have no secrets from him

was Addie's favorite
20 Vardaman confuses his dead mother with a

oak box

weeping xander

fish

weeping willow
21 Among the obstacles facing the Bundrens on their journey is

the increasing activity of the KKK

heavy snowfall

bands of thieves

the bridges have been washed away by heavy rains
22 Anse could best be described as

weak, stupid, and lazy

strong, self-sacrificing and wise

fair but quick to anger

kind and compassionate to a fault
23 The local doctor is

Peabody

Snopes Quick

Vernon Tull

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

Samson

Tull

Gillespie

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

foxes

bears

wolves

buzzards

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