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50+ MCQs on William Faulkner with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration

1. What is the full name of William Faulkner?
a) William Charles Faulkner
b) William Edward Faulkner
c) William Cuthbert Faulkner
d) William Harrison Faulkner

2. In which year was William Faulkner born?
a) 1887
b) 1897
c) 1907
d) 1917

3. Which of Faulkner’s novels won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1955?
a) “As I Lay Dying”
b) “Light in August”
c) “The Sound and the Fury”
d) “A Fable”

4. What was the name of the fictional Mississippi county that served as the setting for many of Faulkner’s works?
a) Yoknapatawpha County
b) Jefferson County
c) Yoknapahaw County
d) Lafayette County

5. Which of Faulkner’s novels features the Compson family and is known for its complex narrative structure?
a) “As I Lay Dying”
b) “The Sound and the Fury”
c) “Absalom, Absalom!”50+ MCQs on William Faulkner with Answers for UGC NET
d) “Light in August”

6. What was the title of Faulkner’s first novel published in 1926?
a) “Soldiers’ Pay”
b) “The Sound and the Fury”
c) “Sartoris”50+ MCQs on William Faulkner with Answers for UGC NET
d) “Mosquitoes”

7. In which year did William Faulkner receive the Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) 1949
b) 1950
c) 1951
d) 1952

8. Which Faulkner novel is set in the fictional town of Jefferson, Mississippi, and features the character Joe Christmas?
a) “As I Lay Dying”
b) “Light in August”
c) “The Sound and the Fury”
d) “Go Down, Moses”

9. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of short stories published in 1930?
a) “A Rose for Emily”
b) “Go Down, Moses”
c) “These 13”
d) “Collected Stories of William Faulkner”

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10. Which of Faulkner’s novels explores the decline of the Compson family and the post-Civil War South?
a) “Absalom, Absalom!”
b) “As I Lay Dying”
c) “The Sound and the Fury”
d) “Light in August”

11. In which year was Faulkner’s novel “The Sound and the Fury” first published?
a) 1929
b) 1930
c) 1931
d) 1932

12. What was the title of Faulkner’s first major critical success, published in 1929?
a) “The Sound and the Fury”
b) “As I Lay Dying”
c) “Sartoris”
d) “Sanctuary”

13. Which of Faulkner’s novels is set during World War I and explores the impact of the war on soldiers returning home?
a) “Soldiers’ Pay”
b) “The Sound and the Fury”
c) “As I Lay Dying”
d) “Light in August”

14. What was the title of Faulkner’s final novel, published posthumously in 1962?
a) “The Reivers”
b) “Go Down, Moses”
c) “The Town”
d) “The Mansion”

15. Which Faulkner novel features the character Quentin Compson and his struggle with the decline of the South?
a) “As I Lay Dying”
b) “The Sound and the Fury”
c) “Absalom, Absalom!”50+ MCQs on William Faulkner with Answers for UGC NET
d) “Light in August”

16. What was the title of Faulkner’s novel published in 1932, which explores the lives of African Americans in the South?
a) “Sanctuary”
b) “Light in August”
c) “Go Down, Moses”
d) “Absalom, Absalom!”

17. Which of Faulkner’s novels features the character Thomas Sutpen and his quest for power and wealth in the South?
a) “The Sound and the Fury”
b) “Light in August”
c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
d) “As I Lay Dying”

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18. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1931, which includes the famous story “A Rose for Emily”?
a) “These 13”
b) “Collected Stories of William Faulkner”
c) “A Rose for Emily and Other Stories”
d) “Go Down, Moses”

19. In which Faulkner novel do we encounter the character of Benjy Compson, who is mentally disabled?
a) “As I Lay Dying”
b) “Light in August”
c) “The Sound and the Fury”
d) “Absalom, Absalom!”

20. Which of Faulkner’s novels is known for its stream-of-consciousness narrative technique and multiple perspectives?
a) “As I Lay Dying”
b) “The Sound and the Fury”
c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
d) “Light in August”

21. What was the title of Faulkner’s novel published in 1948, which explores the impact of racism and social injustice in the South?
a) “The Sound and the Fury”
b) “As I Lay Dying”
c) “Intruder in the Dust”
d) “Absalom, Absalom!”

22. Which of Faulkner’s novels features the character Ike McCaslin and explores themes of race, family, and identity in the South?
a) “Absalom, Absalom!”
b) “Go Down, Moses”
c) “Light in August”
d) “The Sound and the Fury”

23. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1942, set in the fictional town of Jefferson, Mississippi?
a) “The Unvanquished”
b) “Go Down, Moses”
c) “Knight’s Gambit”
d) “Collected Stories of William Faulkner”

24. In which Faulkner novel do we encounter the character Lucas Beauchamp, who defies racial stereotypes and challenges social norms?
a) “The Sound and the Fury”
b) “As I Lay Dying”
c) “Intruder in the Dust”
d) “Absalom, Absalom!”

25. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1935, which explores the lives of the Compson family?
a) “Collected Stories of William Faulkner”
b) “These 13”
c) “A Rose for Emily and Other Stories”
d) “Go Down, Moses”

26. Which of Faulkner’s novels is set in the fictional town of Yoknapatawpha County and features the Snopes family?
a) “The Hamlet”
b) “The Town”
c) “The Mansion”
d) “The Sound and the Fury”

27. What was the title of Faulkner’s novel published in 1951, which explores the life of a Mississippi sharecropper named Flem Snopes?
a) “The Town”
b) “The Mansion”
c) “The Hamlet”
d) “Intruder in the Dust”

28. In which Faulkner novel do we encounter the character Joe Christmas, who struggles with his racial identity?
a) “Light in August”
b) “Absalom, Absalom!”
c) “The Sound and the Fury”
d) “As I Lay Dying”

29. What was the title of Faulkner’s novel published in 1939, which explores the lives of the Sartoris family in Mississippi?
a) “The Hamlet”
b) “The Sound and the Fury”
c) “Sartoris”
d) “The Mansion”

30. Which of Faulkner’s novels is known for its portrayal of the relationship between a young boy named Vardaman Bundren and his dying mother?
a) “As I Lay Dying”50+ MCQs on William Faulkner with Answers for UGC NET
b) “The Sound and the Fury”
c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
d) “Light in August”

31. What was the title of Faulkner’s first short story collection, published in 1949?
a) “A Rose for Emily and Other Stories”
b) “These 13”
c) “Collected Stories of William Faulkner”
d) “Knight’s Gambit”

32. In which Faulkner novel do we encounter the character Lena Grove, who travels to find the father of her unborn child?
a) “As I Lay Dying”
b) “Light in August”
c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
d) “The Sound and the Fury”

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33. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1950, which includes the novella “The Bear”?
a) “Go Down, Moses”
b) “The Unvanquished”
c) “Knight’s Gambit”
d) “These 13”

34. Which of Faulkner’s novels explores themes of guilt, redemption, and the impact of the Civil War on Southern society?
a) “The Unvanquished”
b) “Go Down, Moses”
c) “Intruder in the Dust”
d) “Absalom, Absalom!”

35. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1948, which includes the novella “The Bear”?
a) “Knight’s Gambit”
b) “Go Down, Moses”
c) “The Unvanquished”
d) “Collected Stories of William Faulkner”

36. Which of Faulkner’s novels explores the lives of the Snopes family and their rise to power in the South?
a) “The Hamlet”
b) “The Town”
c) “The Mansion”
d) “As I Lay Dying”

37. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1931, which includes the novella “Spotted Horses”?
a) “These 13”
b) “A Rose for Emily and Other Stories”
c) “Go Down, Moses”
d) “Collected Stories of William Faulkner”

38. Which of Faulkner’s novels explores themes of racial prejudice and injustice in the South?
a) “Intruder in the Dust”
b) “The Sound and the Fury”
c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
d) “As I Lay Dying”

39. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1954, which includes the novella “The Old Man”?
a) “Collected Stories of William Faulkner”
b) “Knight’s Gambit”
c) “The Bear”50+ MCQs on William Faulkner with Answers for UGC NET
d) “Big Woods”

40. In which Faulkner novel do we encounter the character Thomas Sutpen, who attempts to establish a dynasty in the South?
a) “The Sound and the Fury”
b) “Light in August”
c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
d) “As I Lay Dying”

41. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1953, which includes the novella “Old Man”?
a) “The Old Man”
b) “Big Woods”
c) “The Bear”
d) “Knight’s Gambit”

42. Which of Faulkner’s novels explores themes of justice, honor, and community in the South?
a) “The Unvanquished”
b) “Intruder in the Dust”
c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
d) “As I Lay Dying”

43. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1939, which includes the novella “Barn Burning”?
a) “These 13”
b) “A Rose for Emily and Other Stories”
c) “Collected Stories of William Faulkner”
d) “Go Down, Moses”

44. In which Faulkner novel do we encounter the character Ike McCaslin, who rejects his inheritance and chooses to live a simple life?
a) “The Hamlet”
b) “The Town”
c) “The Mansion”
d) “Go Down, Moses”

45. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1955, which includes the novella “The Old Man”?
a) “The Old Man”
b) “Knight’s Gambit”
c) “The Bear”
d) “Big Woods”

46. Which of Faulkner’s novels explores themes of racial prejudice and the legacy of slavery in the South?
a) “Light in August”
b) “Absalom, Absalom!”
c) “As I Lay Dying”
d) “The Sound and the

Fury”

47. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1938, which includes the novella “The Bear”?
a) “The Bear”
b) “Knight’s Gambit”
c) “Big Woods”
d) “Collected Stories of William Faulkner”

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48. Which of Faulkner’s novels is set in the fictional town of Jefferson, Mississippi, and explores themes of morality and justice?
a) “The Unvanquished”
b) “Intruder in the Dust”50+ MCQs on William Faulkner with Answers for UGC NET
c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
d) “As I Lay Dying”

49. What was the title of Faulkner’s collection of stories published in 1942, which includes the novella “The Bear”?
a) “The Old Man”
b) “Knight’s Gambit”
c) “The Bear”50+ MCQs on William Faulkner with Answers for UGC NET
d) “Big Woods”

50. In which Faulkner novel do we encounter the character Quentin Compson, who struggles with his sense of identity and morality?
a) “The Sound and the Fury”
b) “Light in August”
c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
d) “As I Lay Dying”50+ MCQs on William Faulkner with Answers for UGC NET

Answers:

1. c) William Cuthbert Faulkner
2. b) 1897
3. d) “A Fable”
4. a) Yoknapatawpha County
5. b) “The Sound and the Fury”
6. a) “Soldiers’ Pay”
7. a) 1949
8. b) “Light in August”
9. c) “These 13”
10. c) “The Sound and the Fury”
11. b) 1929
12. a) “The Sound and the Fury”
13. a) “Soldiers’ Pay”
14. a) “The Reivers”
15. a) “As I Lay Dying”
16. a) “Sanctuary”
17. c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
18. c) “A Rose for Emily and Other Stories”
19. c) “The Sound and the Fury”
20. b) “The Sound and the Fury”
21. c) “Intruder in the Dust”
22. b) “Go Down, Moses”
23. c) “Knight’s Gambit”
24. c) “Intruder in the Dust”
25. a) “Collected Stories of William Faulkner”
26. b) “The Town”
27. a) “The Town”
28. a) “Light in August”
29. c) “Sartoris”
30. a) “As I Lay Dying”
31. b) “These 13”
32. b) “Light in August”
33. a) “Go Down, Moses”
34. c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
35. c) “The Unvanquished”
36. b) “The Town”
37. a) “These 13”
38. a) “Intruder in the Dust”
39. c) “The Bear”
40. c) “Absalom, Absalom!”
41. c) “The Bear”
42. b) “Intruder in the Dust”
43. d) “Go Down, Moses”
44. d) “Go Down, Moses”
45. d) “Big Woods”
46. a) “Light in August”
47. a) “The Bear”
48. b) “Intruder in the Dust”
49. c) “The Bear”
50. a) “The Sound and the Fury”