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When is his Birthday
What is September 25, 1897
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Who presented him with the Legion of Honor award after he gave the commencement address at his Jill's (his only surviving daughter) graduation?
The President of France: Vincent Auriol
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Who is Estelle Oldham?
What is an Old Miss Law student, who dated William and other students before getting married because of a mix up to Cornell Franklin. A childhood Sweetheart-and Wife in June 1929
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When Faulkner sailed from New Orleans to Europe, Where and when did he port (What Country) What else is special about that day??
What is Italy on August 2nd It is Brittany Waybright's Birthday!!! (The one who made this quiz)
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Bonus!! The answer is my Works Cited! :> Enjoy <3rittany
I attempted to italizise the Works, but it does not work with this program (not even copy/pasting from Word), so I put them in quotations to seperate them from the rest of the Text. http://www.americanwriters.org/writers/faulkner.asp http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/faulkner_william/index.html http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/
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How tall is he
What is 5 Feet 6 Inches
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What won him the National Book Award in 1950?
What is "Collected Stories"
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Who founded the First National Bank of Oxford ind 1910 with $30,000 in capital?
Who is John Wesley Thompson Falkner (William's grandfather)
200
What was the name of the place Faulkner made up to bring his stories to his native region, , in the story "Flags in the Dust", which published in years after his death?
What is Yoknapatawpha or Yocona (Originally)
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What is the name of the house in Oxford, where he spend the rest of his life in (from 1930 until death in 1962)?
What is "Rowan Oak" after a Scottish legend alluding to the protective powers of wood from the rowan tree.
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In which Southern state was he born and raised in?
What is Mississippi
300
Which book won the Pulizer prize and was published in 1962?
What is "The Reivers"
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Who encouraged, gave advice, and invited William to stay with him in New Haven? Was a literary mentor
Who is Phil Stone
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Which novel is split up stylistically and by content in four sections, showing the gradual demise of a southern family?
What is "The Sound and the Fury" Published in October 1929
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Who is The Director Howard Hawks’ secretary and script girl Who is the student he worked with on "Requiem for a Nun" AND WHAT DID THEY HAVE IN COMMON
Who is Meta Carpenter and Joan Williams They had both had an affair with Faulkner
400
In what year of High School did he drop out at?
What is the Second Year
400
How long did he work on his longest novel, which was also a Pulizer Prize winner, "A Fable"
What is 10 Years
400
How does Sherwood Anderson relate to Faulkner?
His wife managed a book store he worked in. He became friends with him in New Orleans, along with Hemingway, Penn Warrn and Edmund Wilson.
400
What are the names of the three novels in the "Snopes Trilogy"?
What is "The Hamlet" (1940), "The Town" (1957) and "The Mansion" (1959)
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What three films are known as the "pinnacle of Faulkner's screen writing career?" according to http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/faulkner_william/index.html
What is "To Have and Have Not" (1945), "The Big Sleep" (1946), and "The Southerner" (1945)
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Did William Faulkner attain the RAF Lieutenant status in the Royal Air Force? If so, or not, explain why
What is No, he was honorly discharged before his training was complete.
500
In what year did William Faulkner win the Nobel Prize?
What is 1949
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Which family member was "A lawyer, politician, planter, businessman, Civil War colonel, railroad financier, and finally a best-selling writer (of the novel The White Rose of Memphis), [and nicknamed] the Old Colonel"
Who is William Clark Falkner, William's Great GrandFather.
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Which book gives more than a 100 year history of Yoknapatawpha County, but is not a novel?
What is Go down Moses and Other Stories.
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When was his first and last publication publicized?
What is 1926 Soldier’s Pay and 1962 The Reivers #19