SparkNotes: Go Down, Moses: Quiz

Who is Old Ben?

(A) The oldest surviving descendant of Carothers McCaslin

(B) Carothers Edmonds's mule

(C) The village blacksmith, a former slave

(D) A huge, ferocious bear

Why does Lucas Beauchamp keep the fire burning in his hearth?

(A) It has never gone out since his marriage to Molly.

(B) At his age, he is always cold.

(C) He keeps it burning in memory of Tomey's Turl.

(D) When they were boys, he and Zack Edmonds used to play by the hearth.

Who wins the poker game between Uncle Buddy and Hubert Beauchamp?

(A) Hubert Beauchamp

(B) Uncle Buddy

(C) Beauchamp, but Buddy catches him cheating

(D) No one; the game is interrupted by the announcement that the war has started

Why does Rider kill Birdsong?

(A) Birdsong killed Rider's wife, Mannie.

(B) Rider is insane with grief over Mannie's death.

(C) Birdsong is cheating at dice.

(D) Birdsong spits in his face.

Who teaches Isaac McCaslin how to hunt?

(A) McCaslin Edmonds

(B) Sam Fathers

(C) Carothers Edmonds

(D) Boon Hogganbeck

Who does General Compson want to ride Katie, the fearless mule?

(A) Isaac McCaslin

(B) McCaslin Edmonds

(C) Major de Spain

(D) Will Legate

How old is Isaac in "Delta Autumn"?

(A) Almost eighty

(B) Ten

(C) Sixteen

(D) Sixty-seven

Why is Molly Beauchamp's grandson put to death in Illinois?

(A) He robs a bank.

(B) He kills a prostitute in Chicago.

(C) He kills a police officer.

(D) He is lynched for killing a white man.

Why does Sophonsiba Beauchamp insist on calling the Beauchamp plantation "Warwick"?

(A) The Compson plantation is called Surrey, and she admires British names.

(B) Her mother's maiden name was Warwick.

(C) Her son Warwick died at the Battle of Bull Run.

(D) She believes her brother to be the rightful Earl of Warwick.

Why does Lucas want to have George Wilkins sent to jail?

(A) Wilkins is sleeping with his daughter.

(B) Wilkins is competing with his whisky-making sideline.

(C) He believes Wilkins is also looking for the buried treasure.

(D) He believes Wilkins helped Zack Edmonds seduce his wife.

Why does the sheriff look the other way when the Birdsong boys lynch Rider?

(A) The Birdsong boys and their connections account for a large number of votes.

(B) He himself is Birdsong's second cousin.

(C) His wife's brother was killed by a black man, who escaped from prison without being punished.

(D) The sheriff is drunk.

Who first claims to see the giant buck in "The Old People"?

(A) Isaac McCaslin

(B) Tennie's Jim

(C) Walter Ewell

(D) Boon Hogganbeck

How does the little fyce-dog react to seeing Old Ben?

(A) He tries to hide behind Isaac's mule.

(B) He starts to attack him, then runs back, whimpering.

(C) He charges him fearlessly.

(D) He nearly kills Old Ben before Isaac drags him off.

What does Isaac claim to believe in "Delta Autumn"?

(A) That people have been made wicked by the curse of land ownership

(B) That blacks are morally superior to whites

(C) That whites are physically superior to blacks

(D) That most people are better than their circumstances allow them to be

Where does Molly seem to believe her grandson has gone?

(A) Egypt

(B) England

(C) Carolina

(D) Hell

Which man first touches Lion?

(A) Sam Fathers

(B) Boon Hogganbeck

(C) Isaac McCaslin

(D) General Compson

Which man sleeps with Lion?

(A) Sam Fathers

(B) Boon Hogganbeck

(C) Isaac McCaslin

(D) General Compson

How docs Isaac's wife try to convince him to reclaim the plantation?

(A) By threatening to divorce him

(B) By saying his cousin is unfit for it

(C) By seducing him

(D) By saying they will need it for their own children

How is Carothers Edmonds related the woman who bears his child?

(A) He is her cousin.

(B) He is her second cousin.

(C) Distantly; his great-great-grandmother was her great-grandfather's half-sister.

(D) They are not related.

What does Isaac infer from reading Buck and Buddy's old ledgers?

(A) That Carothers McCaslin was Tomey's father as well as her lover

(B) That Carothers McCaslin had negro blood

(C) That Carothers McCaslin was Tomey's half-brother

(D) That McCaslin Edmonds has negro blood

How does he come to that conclusion?

(A) Tomey's mother, Eunice, was bought from New Orleans and committed suicide when she learned that Tomey was pregnant.

(B) He finds a bill pronouncing the freedom of a slave named McCathlin.

(C) He finds that a male slave--Tomey's father, Bufe--was lynched on the plantation the day before Carothers McCaslin's mother committed suicide.

(D) He discovers an old family tree on which McCaslin Edmonds's great-grandfather's name has been scratched off.

Which character is really Buddy McCaslin's son'

(A) McCaslin Edmonds

(B) Isaac McCaslin

(C) Tennie's Jim

(D) Buddy McCaslin has no son

Which character acts as Isaac McCaslin's father?

(A) McCaslin Edmonds

(B) Sam Fathers

(C) Buddy McCaslin

(D) Lucas Beauchamp

Which character acts as Carothers Edmonds's mother?

(A) Sophonsiba Beauchamp

(B) Molly Beauchamp

(C) Miss Worsham

(D) Tennie

What does Lucas use to help him search for the buried treasure?

(A) A branch blessed by a preacher

(B) A team of slaves

(C) A metal detector

(D) Lucas does not search for buried treasure.