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