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William Faulkner wins Nobel Prize for Literature
  • 1. In which year did William Faulkner win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
A) 1937
B) 1962
C) 1955
D) 1949
  • 2. Where was William Faulkner born?
A) California
B) Texas
C) New York
D) Mississippi
  • 3. In which year did William Faulkner die?
A) 1985
B) 1975
C) 1962
D) 1950
  • 4. At which university did Faulkner briefly study but did not graduate?
A) Princeton University
B) Harvard University
C) Yale University
D) University of Mississippi
  • 5. What was the full name of William Faulkner?
A) William Thomas Faulkner
B) William Henry Faulkner
C) William Cuthbert Faulkner
D) William Edward Faulkner
  • 6. Which Faulkner novel features the character Benjy Compson?
A) The Sound and the Fury
B) Moby-Dick
C) On the Road
D) Fahrenheit 451
  • 7. In which city did William Faulkner spend most of his life and where several of his works are set?
A) Rome, Italy
B) New Orleans, Louisiana
C) Berlin, Germany
D) Oxford, Mississippi
  • 8. Which Faulkner novel is set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County?
A) War and Peace
B) 1984
C) Absalom, Absalom!
D) The Lord of the Rings
  • 9. Which Faulkner novel centers around the character of Joe Christmas?
A) Jane Eyre
B) The Hobbit
C) Light in August
D) Moby-Dick
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