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