The Sound and the Fury
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Who is Benjy?
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The youngest son in the Compson family
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How old is Benjy?
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He is 33 years old
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Do various events and words trigger Benjy's memory? (T/F)
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True
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What is Luster searching for by the golf course and why?
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A quarter to go to the circus
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Who is Luster?
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Front's son/Dilsey's grandson and Benjy's caretaker
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Is Luster older or younger than Benjy?
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Younger
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Who is Dilsey?
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The Compson's cook
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What does Benjy's graveyard consist of?
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Two glass bottles filled with jimson weed
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What soothe's Benjy?
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Fire, Slipper, Cushion from Mom's chair
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What was Benjy's name before it changed?
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Maury
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Why did the family change Benjy's name?
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To improve his luck
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Who is versh?
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Dilsey's son
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Who is Roskus?
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Dilsey's husband
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Who is T.P?
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Another of Dilsey's sons
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What did Jason do to Benjy's paper dolls?
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Cut them up
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Who is Uncle maury having an affair with?
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Mrs. Patterson
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What does Caddy wear that upset Benjy?
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Perfume
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What did she do with that thing she wore?
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She gave it to Dilsey
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What do bendy, t.p, and quentin drink at Caddy's wedding?
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Sarsaparilla
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What does Benjy try to do to the schoolgirls?
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Rape one
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What happens after Benjy tries to rape the girls?
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He is castrated
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Who is Qunetin?
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Mr/Mrs. Compsons son/Benjy and Caddy's brother
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What school does he go to?
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Harvard
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Who gave Quentin his watch?
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His father
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What happens to the watch?
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He breaks it on his dresser in order to stop the ticking
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What does Quentin pack?
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All his clothes except two suits, two pairs of shoes, and two hats
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What does he send to his father?
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His trunk key
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Who is he looking for after he visits the post office?
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The Deacon
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Who does Caddy marry?
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Dalton Ames
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What does Quentin buy in the market?
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Two six pound flat irons
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Why does he say he chooses them?
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Because they are heavy enough
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What lie does Quentin tell his father?
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That Caddy and he had sex and that her baby was his
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How does his father respond?
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By not believing Quentin and stating that he is merely upset because he feels that Caddy betrayed his ideal of purity and preserving your virginity
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What does the immigrant girls brother accuse Quentin of?
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Kidnapping his sister
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Who does Quentin hit in the car?
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Gerald
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What happens to Quentin?
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He kills himself
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How does he do it?
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Drowning
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What does Quentin do that upsets Caddy?
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He kisses or is having sex with Natalie?
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What does Caddy do that upsets Quentin?
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She kisses a boy who Quentin calls a town squirt
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What happens between Quentin and Dalton?
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They get into a fight
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Who is Miss Quentin
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Caddy's daughter
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How does Mr. Compson die?
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He dies due to his alcoholism
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What kind of telegram does Jason receive?
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Stock reports
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What has he invested in?
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Cotton Crops
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Who is Lorraine?
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A prostitute Jason keeps in Memphis
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What memory comes to Jason's mind when he is sitting at his desk?
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The memory of his fathers funeral
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What does Caddy usually send Jason?
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Checks for Quentin
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(T/F) Jason gives Quentin the money her mother sends her
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False
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What does Caddy send Jason presently?
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A money order
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For how much money?
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Fifty Dollars
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What does Jason do with blank checks?
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He fills them out, as if Caddy had sent them, and lets hi mother burn them
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Who does Jason see in the ford?
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Caddy with a man in a red bowtie
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What does Caddy and bow-tie guy do to Jason?
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They deflate one of his tires
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What does Jason do with the tickets that Luster wants?
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He burns them
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Why won't the sheriff help Jason?
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He states that Quentin stole her own money and that Jason drove her away
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Who says \"Caddy smells like trees?\"
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Benjy
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Who says \"If I just had a mother so I could say Mother Mother?\"
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Quentin
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Who says \"I wouldn't lay my hand on her. The bitch that cost me a job\"
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Jason
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Who says I seed da beginnin en now I sees the endin
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Dilsey
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What does Caddy see when she climbs the tree and looks inside the window?
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Damuddy's funeral
