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