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