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