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In 1933 Paramount Pictures released a film entitled THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE which was based upon which William Faulkner novel?
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255 times (18.5%) |
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243 times (17.6%) |
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Which of the following novels by William Faulkner is NOT part of the "Snopes Trilogy"?
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79 times (25.9%) |
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Thomas Sutpen appears in which of William Faulkner's novels?
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149 times |
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81 times (29.6%) |
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Thomas Sutpen appears in which of William Faulkner's novels?
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151 times |
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82 times (30.9%) |
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difficult |
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69 times (26.0%) |
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114 times (43.0%) |
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Which is NOT a short story by William Faulkner?
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7919 times |
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4611 times (35.3%) |
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difficult |
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3308 times (25.3%) |
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5140 times (39.4%) |
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What kind of pie does Joe Christmas eat in William Faulkner's Light in August?
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165 times |
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42 times (13.3%) |
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very difficult |
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123 times (39.0%) |
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Willie Stark, the central character of All the King's Men, is believed by some to be loosely based on what Louisiana governor?
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125223 times |
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84428 times (48.8%) |
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40795 times (23.6%) |
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47938 times (27.7%) |
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Who was so impressed with Beryl Markham's memoir West with the Night that he commented "She can write rings around all of us?"
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205 times |
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129 times (44.8%) |
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medium |
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76 times (26.4%) |
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83 times (28.8%) |
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Which of the following authors does Gabriel Garcia Marquez mention in his Nobel Prize lecture?
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133 times |
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59 times (22.7%) |
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74 times (28.5%) |
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127 times (48.8%) |
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Which of these authors helped to re-write the screenplay of the 1959 film Ben-Hur?
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163 times |
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54 times (22.5%) |
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109 times (45.4%) |
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77 times (32.1%) |
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In which year did William Faulkner win the Nobel Prize?
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188 times |
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95 times (33.0%) |
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93 times (32.3%) |
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William Faulkner taught at the University of Virginia, but his museum is located at what college?
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2220 times |
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1534 times (48.9%) |
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686 times (21.9%) |
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915 times (29.2%) |
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Which of the following authors died after choking on the cap to a bottle of eye drops?
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308 times |
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206 times (42.7%) |
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medium |
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102 times (21.1%) |
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175 times (36.2%) |
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Which of the following writers died after swallowing a piece of a toothpick?
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229 times |
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82 times (19.7%) |
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very difficult |
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147 times (35.3%) |
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187 times (45.0%) |
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Which American writer was rejected for the US Army but instead became a pilot in the Canadian Flying Corps?
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151 times |
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49 times (22.0%) |
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102 times (45.7%) |
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72 times (32.3%) |
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When Sinclair Lewis won the Nobel Prize in 1930, he said that which one of these American novelists should rather have received the honour?
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128 times |
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31 times (16.3%) |
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97 times (51.1%) |
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William Faulkner's middle name was ______________.
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1361 times |
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681 times (30.2%) |
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680 times (30.2%) |
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The author of the novella Heart of Darkness also wrote which of the following novels?
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797 times |
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534 times (59.2%) |
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medium |
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263 times (29.2%) |
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105 times (11.6%) |
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In William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, Quentin is related to Miss Quentin how?
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488 times |
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354 times (40.1%) |
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medium |
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134 times (15.2%) |
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395 times (44.7%) |
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What was the name of the fictional Mississippi county created by William Faulkner as the setting for much of his writing?
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420 times |
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289 times (42.2%) |
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medium |
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131 times (19.1%) |
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265 times (38.7%) |
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What do these books have in common?:
If On a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Cherry by Mary Karr
Absalom Absalom by William Faulkner
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
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856 times |
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362 times (28.0%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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494 times (38.2%) |
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Which novelist is the only one to have won the National Book Award three times (as of 2008)?
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108 times |
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23 times (16.7%) |
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very difficult |
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85 times (61.6%) |
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30 times (21.7%) |
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Joe Christmas is a central character in which William Faulkner novel?
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640 times |
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301 times (27.8%) |
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difficult |
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339 times (31.3%) |
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443 times (40.9%) |
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"It is to the credit of human nature, that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. Hatred, by a gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility."
This passage is from a book by which author?
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570 times |
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277 times (34.0%) |
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William Faulkner, Ellen Gilchrist, Willie Morris, Ellen Douglas, Greg Iles, John Grisham and many other well know writers come from which US state?
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703 times (62.8%) |
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In William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily," what shocking discovery do the townspeople make in Miss Emily's house at the conclusion?
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92 times |
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71 times (55.0%) |
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21 times (16.3%) |
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William Faulkner wrote which of the following?
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614 times |
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317 times (34.2%) |
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difficult |
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297 times (32.1%) |
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In William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, after whom did Caddie Compson name her daughter?
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570 times |
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330 times (31.9%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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240 times (23.2%) |
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William Faulkner's early novel, which he originally titled Flags in the Dust, was edited and renamed what when it was first published?
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272 times |
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56 times (9.7%) |
| Difficulty: |
really really difficult |
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216 times (37.5%) |
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The song "Get Over It" on the Eagles' 1994 band reunion album "Hell Freezes Over" contains the line:
"The more I think about it, Old Billy was right; let's kill all the lawyers, kill them tonight."
Who is Old Billy, and where did he say something to that effect?
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180 times (14.9%) |
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715 times (59.1%) |
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314 times (26.0%) |
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