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