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William Faulkner wins Nobel Prize for Literature
  • 1. In which year did William Faulkner win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
A) 1962
B) 1937
C) 1955
D) 1949
  • 2. Where was William Faulkner born?
A) California
B) New York
C) Mississippi
D) Texas
  • 3. In which year did William Faulkner die?
A) 1950
B) 1962
C) 1985
D) 1975
  • 4. At which university did Faulkner briefly study but did not graduate?
A) Princeton University
B) Yale University
C) Harvard University
D) University of Mississippi
  • 5. What was the full name of William Faulkner?
A) William Cuthbert Faulkner
B) William Thomas Faulkner
C) William Edward Faulkner
D) William Henry Faulkner
  • 6. Which Faulkner novel features the character Benjy Compson?
A) Moby-Dick
B) The Sound and the Fury
C) On the Road
D) Fahrenheit 451
  • 7. In which city did William Faulkner spend most of his life and where several of his works are set?
A) Berlin, Germany
B) Rome, Italy
C) Oxford, Mississippi
D) New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 8. Which Faulkner novel is set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County?
A) The Lord of the Rings
B) War and Peace
C) 1984
D) Absalom, Absalom!
  • 9. Which Faulkner novel centers around the character of Joe Christmas?
A) The Hobbit
B) Jane Eyre
C) Light in August
D) Moby-Dick
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