William Faulkner Quiz

What was the name of Faulkner's first novel?

Question Answer Choices "The Sound and the Fury" "Absalom! Absalom!" "Soldier's Pay" "The Reivers"

Which novel claims to be about its author's four-year affair with Faulkner?

Question Answer Choices "After Henry" by Joan Didion "The Wintering" by Joan Williams "The Golden Notebook" by Doris Lessing "The Women's Room" by Marilyn French

True or False: Faulkner believed that alcohol enhanced the writing process

Question Answer Choices False True

Which of Faulkner's thirteen novels was his last?

Question Answer Choices "The Wild Palms" "As I Lay Dying" "The Reivers" "Soldiers' Pay"

For which major motion starring Humphrey Bogart did Faulkner write the screen play?

Question Answer Choices "The Maltese Falcon" "The African Queen" "Casablanca" "The Big Sleep"

What style of writing did Faulkner most frequently employ?

Question Answer Choices Folktales Epistolary Stream-of-conciousness Verisimilitude

Where was Faulkner from?

Question Answer Choices Alabama Mississippi Texas Georgia

Where is Faulkner buried?

Question Answer Choices The Forest Lawn Parks in California Westminster Abbey in London St. Peter’s Cemetery in Oxford Arlington National Cemetery

Why was Faulkner rejected from the U.S. Army?

Question Answer Choices Flat feet Too short Was a homosexual Not old enough