About the Author
Who was the author that wrote A Rose for Emily?
William Faulkner.
The Women of the town attended Emily Grierson's funeral for what reason?
Curiosity/obligation
Miss Emily's 80 year old neighbor complained to the judge about what?
A bad smell.
When Emily first started seeing Homer, everybody said they will get married. What did Homer admit that would ruin the relationship.
Homer admitted he liked men/ he was not a marrying man
Who held the funeral for Miss Emily?
Her two cousins on the second day.
William Faulkner was born in which state?
Mississippi
As a way of repaying Emily Grierson's father for loaning money to the town, Colonel Sartoris did what for Emily?
Remitted her taxes.
What did the aldermen use to get rid of the smell?
Lime.
What did miss Emily order from the jeweler and bought from an outfitter.
A toilet set in silver with initials HB on each piece, and an entire outfit of men's clothing, including a night shirt.
How long has the room upstairs been locked?
40 years
Which war did Faulkner serve in?
World War One
When the next generation of mayors and aldermen arrived, they weren't pleased with Miss Emily not paying her taxes. What did they do about it?
Mailed her a tax notice on the first of the year.
How long did Miss Emily deny that her father was dead?
3 days.
Homer Barron returned to town and was last seen three days after?
Emily's cousins had left.
When they broke down the door to the room upstairs, what was it furnished for?
A bridal
In 1952, Faulkner was awarded with what prize?
The Nobel Prize for Literature.
Miss Emily hasn't left her house in half a dozen years do to what?
China painting lessons.
Which floor of Emily's home did she close when she was older?
The top floor
Who was found rotting in the bed of the locked upstairs room?
Homer Barron.
Faulkner wrote A Rose for Emily initially as a?
A ghost story.
When Miss Emily told the aldermen that visited her home to "See Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson." She didn't know that Colonel Sartoris has been?
Dead for ten years.
What did Miss Emily request from the druggist?
Poison/arsenic
When Miss Emily grew old, she became sick, but never told anybody. She ended up?
Dying in one of her downstairs rooms. In her bed.
What was found on the pillow beside the rotting man in the locked upstairs room?
An iron gray hair, that belonged to Miss Emily.