Show:
About the Author
The beginning
Drugs and Men
Emily and Homer
The END
100
Who was the author that wrote "A Rose for Emily"?
Who is William Faulkner.
100
The women of the town attended Emily Grierson's funeral for what reason?
What is curiosity? No one had been in her house for many years.
100
Miss Emily's 80 year old neighbor complained to the judge about what?
What is a bad smell.
100
When Emily first started seeing Homer, everybody said they would get married. What did Homer admit to Miss Emily that would ruin their relationship?
Homer admitted he liked men better than women.
100
Who held the funeral for Miss Emily?
Her two cousins on the second day after her death.
200
William Faulkner was born in which state?
What is Mississippi?
200
As a way of repaying Emily Grierson's father for loaning money to the town, What did Colonel Sartoris for Emily?
What is remitted her taxes? He paid the taxes for her and told Emily that she did not need to pay taxes.
200
What did the aldermen use to get rid of the smell?
What is lime. (a powdery chemical)
200
What did Miss Emily order from the jeweler and buy from a clothing store?
A mirror, brush and comb set in silver with initials HB on each piece, and an entire outfit of men's clothing, including a night shirt.
200
How long has the room upstairs been locked?
40 years.
300
Which war did Faulkner serve in?
What is World War One?
300
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?
What is mailed her a tax notice on the first of the year? They told her that she had to pay her taxes.
300
How long did Miss Emily deny that her father was dead?
What is for 3 days.
300
Homer Barron returned to town and was last seen three days after these family member left town.
Who are Emily's cousins?
300
When they broke down the door to the room upstairs, what was it furnished for?
A honeymoon night. A wedding celebration.
400
In 1949, Faulkner was awarded with what literature prize?
What is The Nobel Prize for Literature.
400

How was Emily and her home viewed

As symbols of tradition and the past

400
Who was Miss Emily seen with around town on Sunday afternoons after her father passed away?
Homer Barron
400
Which floor of Emily's home did she close when she was older?
What is the top floor (second floor)?
400
Who was found rotting in the bed of the locked upstairs room?
Homer Barron.
500
Faulkner wrote A Rose for Emily initially as a?
What is a ghost story?
500

Why did the group of men sneak around Emily's lawn at night?

They were too polite to insult her, and so they secretly dealt with the smell coming from her house.

500
What did Miss Emily request from the druggist?
What is poison. Arsenic
500
When Miss Emily grew old, she became sick, but never told anybody. What happened to Emily?
She died in one of her downstairs rooms.
500
What was found on the pillow beside the rotting man in the locked upstairs room?
An iron gray hair, that belonged to Miss Emily.