- 1. In which state was William Faulkner born?
A) Virginia
B) Alabama
C) Georgia
D) Mississippi
- 2. What year did William Faulkner win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) 1955
B) 1967
C) 1932
D) 1949
- 3. What is the name of Faulkner's fictional Mississippi county that serves as the setting for many of his novels?
A) Hillsborough
B) Yoknapatawpha
C) Maycomb
D) Wuthering Heights
- 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) Invisible Man
B) Go Down, Moses
C) The Catcher in the Rye
D) Beloved
- 6. What year was Faulkner born?
A) 1920
B) 1897
C) 1874
D) 1905
- 7. What is the title of Faulkner's first novel published in 1926?
A) A Passage to India
B) Animal Farm
C) Soldiers' Pay
D) The Sun Also Rises
- 8. Which Faulkner novel explores the impact of slavery on southern society?
A) To Kill a Mockingbird
B) Absalom, Absalom!
C) War and Peace
D) Moby-Dick
- 9. Which Faulkner novel focuses on the Snopes family's rise to power and influence in Yoknapatawpha County?
A) The Hamlet
B) Crime and Punishment
C) Don Quixote
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) Lord of the Flies
B) The Reivers
C) Invisible Man
D) Beloved
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