- 1. In which state was William Faulkner born?
A) Virginia
B) Mississippi
C) Alabama
D) Georgia
- 2. What year did William Faulkner win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) 1949
B) 1932
C) 1967
D) 1955
- 3. What is the name of Faulkner's fictional Mississippi county that serves as the setting for many of his novels?
A) Hillsborough
B) Maycomb
C) Yoknapatawpha
D) Wuthering Heights
- 4. What Faulkner novel tells the story of the Compson family in Mississippi?
A) Absalom, Absalom!
B) As I Lay Dying
C) The Sound and the Fury
D) Light in August
- 5. What is the title of Faulkner's final novel published in 1962?
A) Beloved
B) Lord of the Flies
C) Invisible Man
D) The Reivers
- 6. Which Faulkner novel focuses on the Snopes family's rise to power and influence in Yoknapatawpha County?
A) Don Quixote
B) Jane Eyre
C) Crime and Punishment
D) The Hamlet
- 7. What is the title of Faulkner's most famous collection of stories?
A) The Catcher in the Rye
B) Invisible Man
C) Go Down, Moses
D) Beloved
- 8. What is the title of Faulkner's only play published in 1933?
A) Waiting for Godot
B) Death of a Salesman
C) Requiem for a Nun
D) A Streetcar Named Desire
- 9. Which Faulkner novel explores the impact of slavery on southern society?
A) Moby-Dick
B) Absalom, Absalom!
C) War and Peace
D) To Kill a Mockingbird
- 10. What year was Faulkner born?
A) 1905
B) 1874
C) 1897
D) 1920
- 11. What is the title of Faulkner's first novel published in 1926?
A) The Sun Also Rises
B) Animal Farm
C) A Passage to India
D) Soldiers' Pay
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