Chapter 7 Questions and Answers

Absalom, Absalom! | Chapter 7 Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. What are the “dragons’ teeth” to which Shreve refers?

2. What further information in Chapter Seven is given about Mr. Coldfield’s relationship to Thomas Sutpen?

3. What is Thomas Sutpen’s “grand design”?

4. Why won’t Thomas Sutpen eat sugar?

5. What was the main event that precipitated Thomas Sutpen’s grand design?

6. Why doesn’t Thomas Sutpen ever tell the date or the place of his birth?

7. Why was it so difficult for Sutpen’s family to follow the pioneer trail west?

8. Why does Thomas...

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