Question

Based on your knowledge of the characters in the parts you read of Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, which of these thoughts belongs to Anse?
A. [W]hen He aims for something to stay put, He makes it up-and-down ways, like a tree or a man.
B. You can see by an old grave that the earth sinks down on the bevel.
C. In a bed where people lie down all the time, the joints and seams are made sideways, because the stress is sideways.
D. [H]is pale eyes like wood set into his wooden face, he crosses the floor in four strides . . .

Answer 1

A - (Apex) - just took the test

Answer 2

Answer: A. [W]hen He aims for something to stay put, He makes it up-and-down ways, like a tree or a man.

Explanation: In "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner, Anse is described by his neighbors as a lazy man. He tries to justify his laziness by explaining that God created mankind to stay in place, because mankind stands upright like a tree. "[I]f He'd a aimed for man to be always a-moving and going somewheres else, wouldn't He a put him longways on his belly, like a snake? It stands to reason He would." Anse in As I Lay Dying, pp. 34-5