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Barn Burning
William Faulkner
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Analysis
Structure and Style
Setting
Dialect and Diction
Characters
Character List
Colonel Sartoris Snopes
Abner Snopes
Lennie Snopes
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
Context
Section Quizzes
Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs and Symbols
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
How to Cite This SparkNote
Further study
Character List Quiz
Character List Quiz
1
of 5
Abner Snopes walked with a limp after being shot for what reason?
Starting a fight
Burning a barn
Breaking and entering
Stealing a horse
2
of 5
What color are Abner’s eyes described as being?
Water blue
Pebble colored
Shaggy gray
Stone hued
3
of 5
Which character’s full name is never given in this story, but is revealed in a different Faulkner story?
Colonel John Snopes
Major de Spain
Mr. Harris
Lizzie
4
of 5
What is Colonel John Snopes’s habit?
Smoking
Spitting
Chewing tobacco
Cursing
5
of 5
Which character threatens to tell the de Spain family about the potential barn burning at the end of the story?
Lennie
Lizzie
John
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