My book chosen for the letter "F" of my alphabet challenge was Faulkner's Light in August. Each year I choose a classic author who I've never read before, Faulkner got the nod this year. But what new can be said about Faulkner? I confess I decided to leave literary criticism to folks like these. And instead of telling you things like William Faulkner sallied forth from his mother's womb on September 25, 1897 in the beautiful state of Mississippi and he purchased a Greek Revival home when he married, I'll let the biographers and curators fill you in instead. With that in mind, I can't just totally leave things alone, so I decided to test your knowledge of Faulkner trivia by inviting you take the quiz below and solve the word search comprised of Faulkner's novel's characters and words from his life.
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| If Don Quixote was the man from La Mancha, is William Faulkner the Man from Mississippi? |
| J | O | E | R | A | D | D | C | V | Y | G | O | L | O | H | T | N | A |
| O | K | Q | E | E | X | G | H | M | L | B | O | O | H | I | S | E | G |
| A | L | E | Z | I | R | P | L | E | B | O | N | P | C | T | Y | W | U |
| N | E | J | T | N | O | S | P | M | O | C | E | S | N | Y | O | A | N |
| N | T | B | I | X | S | A | M | N | I | T | N | E | U | Q | K | L | I |
| A | N | E | L | O | A | U | A | I | M | O | J | I | B | U | N | B | O |
| I | W | N | U | G | K | S | T | M | S | R | L | R | A | D | A | A | N |
| L | A | J | P | L | A | Y | S | P | R | S | N | O | N | Y | P | N | E |
| A | S | Y | H | C | O | A | W | Q | E | O | I | T | Z | E | A | Y | Z |
| H | D | W | O | X | N | S | H | U | V | N | T | S | B | S | T | R | Y |
| Y | B | D | F | C | A | S | H | E | I | M | R | T | S | L | A | T | Q |
| B | U | O | I | N | W | E | L | L | E | R | U | R | J | I | W | E | O |
| Q | R | D | D | E | O | S | R | E | R | Z | I | O | N | D | P | O | I |
| D | C | U | G | L | R | S | X | W | E | V | C | H | K | L | H | P | T |
| S | H | E | L | B | A | F | A | E | H | O | E | S | N | A | A | R | I |
| V | C | M | I | G | H | I | F | J | T | S | I | V | R | E | S | E | R |
Word list:
| A Fable | Essays | Poetry |
| Addie | Jason | Pulitzer |
| Anse | Jewel | Quentin |
| Anthology | Joanna | Reservist |
| Benjy | Joe | Rosa |
| Bunch | Lena | Rowan Oak |
| Burch | Mississippi | Short Stories |
| Byhalia | New Albany | Stamp |
| Cash | Nobel Prize | Sutpen |
| Compson | Novels | The Reivers |
| Darl | Oxford | Yoknapatawpha |
| Dilsey | Plays |
The Faulkner Quiz
1. True or False? The spelling of the author's last name was originally Falkner.
2. He was born in which Mississippi town?
a) Ripley
b) New Albany
c) Oxford
d) Byhalia
3. He won the Pulitzer Prize twice. Identify those two books.
a) A Fable
b) The Reivers
c) Absalom, Absalom!
d) Light in August
e) The Sound and the Fury
f) As I Lay Dying
4. In 1929, Faulkner married:
a) Else Jonsson
b) Meta Carpenter
c) Joan Williams
d) Estelle Oldham
5. He published two volumes of poetry. These were:
a) That Evening Sun
b) The Marble Faun
c) Red Leaves
d) A Rose for Emily
e) A Green Bough
Next week's blog will focus on several newly published books that I have reviewed. Stay tuned!
Quiz answers: 1. True 2. b 3. a,b 4. d 5. b,e
