- 1. When was Willa Cather born?
A) August 1, 1882
B) December 7, 1873
C) November 24, 1890
D) January 12, 1863
- 2. In which U.S. state was Willa Cather born?
A) California
B) Virginia
C) Nebraska
D) Iowa
- 3. Which Pulitzer Prize winning novel did Willa Cather write?
A) O Pioneers!
B) One of Ours
C) My Ántonia
D) Death Comes for the Archbishop
- 4. Willa Cather is best known for writing novels about which region of the United States?
A) The Pacific Northwest
B) The Great Plains
C) The Deep South
D) New England
- 5. Which university did Willa Cather attend?
A) Yale University
B) Harvard University
C) Stanford University
D) University of Nebraska
- 6. What was the title of Willa Cather's first novel?
A) Alexander's Bridge
B) Sapphira and the Slave Girl
C) A Lost Lady
D) My Mortal Enemy
- 7. Willa Cather won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in which year?
A) 1949
B) 1937
C) 1923
D) 1911
- 8. In which year did Willa Cather pass away?
A) 1953
B) 1960
C) 1947
D) 1972
- 9. Where did Willa Cather spend the latter part of her life?
A) San Francisco
B) Boston
C) Chicago
D) New York City
- 10. What was the title of the collection of short stories published by Willa Cather in 1932?
A) Obscure Destinies
B) Not Under Forty
C) Youth and the Bright Medusa
D) Shadows on the Rock
- 11. Willa Cather's novel 'Death Comes for the Archbishop' is set in which U.S. state?
A) Colorado
B) New Mexico
C) Arizona
D) Utah
- 12. Which of the following esteemed literary figures was a close friend of Willa Cather?
A) Sarah Orne Jewett
B) Edith Wharton
C) Robert Frost
D) Mark Twain
- 13. In which Nebraska town did Willa Cather live for a portion of her childhood?
A) Kearney
B) Red Cloud
C) Lincoln
D) Omaha
- 14. Which magazine did Willa Cather work for as an editor during her early career?
A) McClure's
B) Harper's
C) The Atlantic
D) The New Yorker
- 15. Willa Cather's novel 'The Song of the Lark' is about a young woman who becomes a successful:
A) Opera singer
B) Painter
C) Actress
D) Writer
- 16. Which historical figure is the subject of Willa Cather's novel 'Shadows on the Rock'?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Pocahontas
C) Marilyn Monroe
D) Bishop Laval
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