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?
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?
3. Which family has the most children?
4. Many of Faulkner's novels are set in the fictional Mississippi county called…
5. Frequent and sudden shifts in time mark which novel—one Faulkner called his most splendid failure?
6. The parallel journey of which two characters is at the center of Light in August?
7. Faulkner most frequently referenced…
8. Which set of Faulkner characters struggle with consciousness and identity?
9. Which Hollywood storytelling device does Faulkner not use in his novels?