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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Catholic Novelists and Their Readers and The Catholic Novelist in the Protestant South.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author that O'Connor says is not a good writer, but his intent should not be judged?
(a) Cardinal Hawkins.
(b) Cardinal O'Grady.
(c) Cardinal Mencia.
(d) Cardinal Spellman.

2. What does O'Connor say there are more of in the South than rivers and streams?
(a) Writers.
(b) Preachers.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Critics.

3. What did the editorial that challenged American writers say American writers do?
(a) Write about being poor.
(b) Write too much like British writers.
(c) Write too abstractly, confusing readers.
(d) Write as if everyone in the country is rich.

4. O'Connor's friend told her that a bookstore clerk referred to "The Violent Bear It Away" with what title?
(a) The One That Got Away.
(b) The Violets Bear Today.
(c) The Bear That Ran Away With It.
(d) The Valiant Bloom Always.

5. What type of artist does O'Connor say is most deviled by the public?
(a) Poet.
(b) Musician.
(c) Fiction writer.
(d) Painter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will always be a Catholic novel's center of meaning?

2. Who is generally blamed when literature is not studied the right way?

3. What author said that he writes romances, not novels?

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

5. What Christian denomination does O'Connor follow?

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