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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who said, "Purify the source"?
(a) Mauriac.
(b) Camus.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Perse.
2. Who said if you want to write stories not to drive the poor from your doorstep?
(a) Kipling.
(b) Melville.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Garrison.
3. What book does O'Connor say is not well written but the author should not be judged by his intent?
(a) The Foundling.
(b) The Precious Blood.
(c) Surrender of an Empire.
(d) Redeemer in the Womb.
4. Who does O'Connor believe should do the evangelizing?
(a) Evangelists.
(b) Artists.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Writers.
5. What is it generally supposed that Catholic writers use their fiction to do?
(a) Prove the truth of Faith.
(b) Show that Protestanrs are wrong.
(c) Display a love of the Church.
(d) Express the evils of the world.
Short Answer Questions
1. For a writer of fiction, everything has its testing point in what body part?
2. How many fundamental truths do Catholic writers live and work in?
3. What Catholic author wrote about Catholics who are vulgar, ignorant, and greedy?
4. O'Connor is told that some students believe that anything that cannot be done using what is not worth doing?
5. Who does O'Connor say South Boston belongs to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What problem does O'Connor say Catholic writers face?
2. What does O'Connor say should be the result of the proper study of literature?
3. What does O'Connor say about "The Foundling" written by Cardinal Spellman?
4. What does O'Connor mean when she says that writers should heed the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas?
5. What does O'Connor say about her book when she reviews it for class?
6. What does O'Connor say about being specific in her writing?
7. Why does O'Connor suspect that readers like it when the devil appears in fiction?
8. What does O'Connor say about absolutes in fiction, particularly religious fiction?
9. How does O'Connor respond to those who say that Catholics cannot be artists?
10. Describe the God that O'Connor says she believes in.
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