FINAL FAULKNER QUIZ
Think you've mastered Faulkner 101? Test your memory and see how much you can "ricklick."
1. As far as Faulkner tells us, which of these characters does not experience an out-of-wedlock pregnancy?
Dewey Dell
Lena Grove
Caroline Compson
2. Which novel, the most conventionally structured of the three, is known as Faulkner's "ironic gospel" because of its many references to the birth of Jesus?
As I Lay Dying
The Sound and the Fury
Light in August
3. Which family has the most children?
The Bundrens
The Compsons
The McEacherns
4. Many of Faulkner's novels are set in the fictional Mississippi county called….
Chattahoochee
Tishomingo
Yoknapatawpha
5. Frequent and sudden shifts in time mark which novel—one Faulkner called his most splendid failure?
As I Lay Dying
The Sound and the Fury
Light in August
6. The parallel journey of which two characters is at the center of Light in August?
Gail Hightower and Lucas Burch
Joanna Burden and Doc Hines
Lena Grove and Joe Christmas
7. Faulkner most frequently referenced…
Ancient Greek philosophy
The Bhagavad Gita
The Bible
8. Which set of Faulkner characters struggle with consciousness and identity?
Darl Bundren, Quentin Compson and Joe Christmas
Anse Bundren, Benjy Compson and Lucas Burch
Dr. Peabody, Dilsey Gibson and Lena Grove
9. Which Hollywood storytelling device does Faulkner not use in his novels?
A story told from multiple points in time as in the movie Pulp Fiction
An entire novel narrated in real-time as in the TV series 24
Characters share their inner thoughts through "voiceovers" as in the TV series Desperate Housewives


Behind the Stories Faulkner 101 As I Lay Dying The Sound and the Fury Light in August