- 1. When was Willa Cather born?
A) November 24, 1890
B) August 1, 1882
C) January 12, 1863
D) December 7, 1873
- 2. In which U.S. state was Willa Cather born?
A) California
B) Iowa
C) Virginia
D) Nebraska
- 3. Which Pulitzer Prize winning novel did Willa Cather write?
A) One of Ours
B) My Ántonia
C) Death Comes for the Archbishop
D) O Pioneers!
- 4. Willa Cather is best known for writing novels about which region of the United States?
A) The Deep South
B) The Pacific Northwest
C) New England
D) The Great Plains
- 5. Which university did Willa Cather attend?
A) Stanford University
B) Harvard University
C) Yale University
D) University of Nebraska
- 6. What was the title of Willa Cather's first novel?
A) A Lost Lady
B) My Mortal Enemy
C) Sapphira and the Slave Girl
D) Alexander's Bridge
- 7. Where did Willa Cather spend the latter part of her life?
A) Boston
B) Chicago
C) San Francisco
D) New York City
- 8. Willa Cather won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in which year?
A) 1937
B) 1923
C) 1949
D) 1911
- 9. What was the title of the collection of short stories published by Willa Cather in 1932?
A) Not Under Forty
B) Shadows on the Rock
C) Youth and the Bright Medusa
D) Obscure Destinies
- 10. Willa Cather's novel 'The Song of the Lark' is about a young woman who becomes a successful:
A) Writer
B) Actress
C) Opera singer
D) Painter
- 11. Which historical figure is the subject of Willa Cather's novel 'Shadows on the Rock'?
A) Bishop Laval
B) Pocahontas
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Marilyn Monroe
- 12. Willa Cather's novel 'Death Comes for the Archbishop' is set in which U.S. state?
A) New Mexico
B) Utah
C) Arizona
D) Colorado
- 13. Which magazine did Willa Cather work for as an editor during her early career?
A) The New Yorker
B) The Atlantic
C) McClure's
D) Harper's
- 14. In which Nebraska town did Willa Cather live for a portion of her childhood?
A) Kearney
B) Omaha
C) Red Cloud
D) Lincoln
- 15. In which year did Willa Cather pass away?
A) 1953
B) 1947
C) 1972
D) 1960
- 16. Which of the following esteemed literary figures was a close friend of Willa Cather?
A) Robert Frost
B) Edith Wharton
C) Sarah Orne Jewett
D) Mark Twain
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