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WorksheetsWilliam Clark Falkner Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What title did Falkner maintain for the rest of his life?
General
Captain
Colonel
Major
What was the fate of Falkner on 5 November 1889?
He was elected to the legislature
He retired from politics
He was shot and killed
He moved to Oxford
What was inscribed on Falkner’s tombstone by Hindman’s family?
Died a Hero
Murdered by W. C. Falkner
Killed by W. C. Falkner
Rest in Peace
What was the outcome of the gun misfire incident in 1849?
Falkner was injured
Falkner stabbed his assailant to death
Falkner was arrested
Falkner fled the town
Who was Falkner's son with Holland Pearce?
John Wesley Thompson Falkner
William Clark Falkner Jr.
Thomas Jefferson Falkner
Richard Thurmond Falkner
Who intervened to avert the duel between Falkner and Thomas Hindman Jr.?
T. I. Word
John Wesley Thompson
M. C. Galloway
A. J. MacCannon
What did Falkner publish that made him a public figure?
A novel
A newspaper article
A life story
A poem
What injury did Falkner sustain in the Mexican War?
Lost his right leg
Lost his left foot and hand
Lost his left foot
Lost his right hand
Who was Falkner's uncle in Ripley?
T. I. Word
John Wesley Thompson
A. J. MacCannon
M. C. Galloway
What role did Falkner take on when the Civil War began?
General of the Confederate Army
Colonel of Company F, the Magnolia Rifles
Captain of the Union Army
Lieutenant of the Mississippi Brigade
What was William Clark Falkner known for in the nineteenth-century North Mississippi?
Politician
Railroad builder
Doctor
Lawyer
What did Falkner do at age seventeen?
Moved to Ripley
Joined the army
Went to Pontotoc
Started a business
What was the outcome of Falkner's campaign for election to command the 2nd Mississippi?
He won by a large margin
He was defeated by a more lenient candidate
He withdrew from the race
He was disqualified
What did Falkner do after returning to Ripley?
Became a politician
Became embroiled in a feud
Opened a business
Wrote a book
How many children did Falkner have with Elizabeth Vance?
Four
Six
Eight
Ten
Who killed Falkner on the Ripley town square?
A political supporter
A former railroad partner
A family member
A rival general
What was Falkner's role in the Knights of Temperance?
Leader
Member
Founder
Treasurer
Who did Falkner live with in Pontotoc, Mississippi?
His father
His uncle, T. I. Word
His brother
His cousin
What did Falkner turn his attention to after fathering a child by one of his slaves?
Business ventures
Military service
Politics
Writing novels
In which war did Falkner fight in 1846-47?
Civil War
World War I
Mexican War
Spanish-American War
