William Faulkner Quiz

Where is Faulkner buried?

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

What was the name of Faulkner's first novel?

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

Where was Faulkner from?

Question Answer Choices Mississippi Texas Georgia Alabama

What style of writing did Faulkner most frequently employ?

Question Answer Choices Verisimilitude Epistolary Stream-of-conciousness Folktales

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

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

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 Women's Room" by Marilyn French "The Golden Notebook" by Doris Lessing

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" "The Reivers" "As I Lay Dying" "Soldiers' Pay"

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

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