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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fiction Writer & His Country, Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction and The Regional Writer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how long did the telephone repairman wait to see a peacock strut?
(a) One hour.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

2. Where was the photographer from who visited O'Connor at her home?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) New York.
(d) Hollywood.

3. What does O'Connor say is a word that sounds good in anyone's mouth that no book jacket can do without?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Gratitude.

4. Who was O'Connor told should be the model of balance for the novelist?
(a) Dante.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Plato.
(d) Euripides.

5. What volunteer fire department was Mr. Montgomery a member of?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Crawford.
(d) Biloxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the telephone repairman, who did O'Connor say is indifferent to the peacock's display?

2. Who wrote the collection of stories called "Rotting Hill"?

3. O'Connor says belief in what is a hindrance to writers?

4. What is O'Connor's advice for writers who do not want to be regional?

5. What did an old woman cry when she finally saw the tail on O'Connor's peacock?

(see the answer key)

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