- 1. In which state was William Faulkner born?
A) Georgia
B) Alabama
C) Mississippi
D) Virginia
- 2. What year did William Faulkner win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) 1955
B) 1949
C) 1967
D) 1932
- 3. What is the name of Faulkner's fictional Mississippi county that serves as the setting for many of his novels?
A) Wuthering Heights
B) Maycomb
C) Hillsborough
D) Yoknapatawpha
- 4. What Faulkner novel tells the story of the Compson family in Mississippi?
A) The Sound and the Fury
B) Light in August
C) As I Lay Dying
D) Absalom, Absalom!
- 5. What is the title of Faulkner's final novel published in 1962?
A) The Reivers
B) Invisible Man
C) Beloved
D) Lord of the Flies
- 6. Which Faulkner novel focuses on the Snopes family's rise to power and influence in Yoknapatawpha County?
A) Don Quixote
B) Jane Eyre
C) Crime and Punishment
D) The Hamlet
- 7. What is the title of Faulkner's most famous collection of stories?
A) The Catcher in the Rye
B) Go Down, Moses
C) Beloved
D) Invisible Man
- 8. What is the title of Faulkner's only play published in 1933?
A) Death of a Salesman
B) Waiting for Godot
C) A Streetcar Named Desire
D) Requiem for a Nun
- 9. Which Faulkner novel explores the impact of slavery on southern society?
A) Absalom, Absalom!
B) To Kill a Mockingbird
C) War and Peace
D) Moby-Dick
- 10. What year was Faulkner born?
A) 1897
B) 1905
C) 1874
D) 1920
- 11. What is the title of Faulkner's first novel published in 1926?
A) Animal Farm
B) Soldiers' Pay
C) A Passage to India
D) The Sun Also Rises
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