A biography and works of William Faulkner

1. Where was William Faulkner born?

• Tennessee
• Mississippi
• Georgia
• Kentucky

2. What types of works did William Faulkner write?

• Novels
• Screenplays
• Short stories
• All of the above

3. In what year did William Faulkner win the Nobel Prize?

• 1937
• 1928
• 1949
• 1931

4. William Faulkner's last name wasn't always Faulkner.

• True
• False

5. Faulkner was denied entrance into the United States Army.

• True
• False

6. Which of the following colleges was attended by Faulkner?

• University of Mississippi
• University of Tennessee
• University of Southern California
• University of Miami

7. Faulkner dropped out of college before receiving his degree.

• True
• False

8. Which of the following was not written by Faulkner?

• The Sound and the Fury
• As I Lay Dying
• Common Sense
• Light in August

10. Choose the characters from the novel "Light in August"

• Joe Christmas
• Lena Grove
• Joe Brown
• Gail Hightower
• Byron Bunch