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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 does O'Connor say South Boston belongs to?
(a) James Agee.
(b) Allen Drury.
(c) Robert Lewis Taylor.
(d) Edwin O'Connor.

2. O'Connor says belief in what is a hindrance to writers?
(a) God.
(b) Christian dogma.
(c) Good and evil.
(d) The American dream.

3. What does O'Connor says causes Southerners anguish?
(a) That there are not enough jobs.
(b) That there are too many people in the South.
(c) That the South is alienated.
(d) That the South is getting more like the rest of the country.

4. What book does O'Connor say is not well written but the author should not be judged by his intent?
(a) Surrender of an Empire.
(b) The Foundling.
(c) The Precious Blood.
(d) Redeemer in the Womb.

5. What ailment did Dr. Johnson's housekeeper have?
(a) She was arthritic.
(b) She was deaf.
(c) She was blind.
(d) She was missing a leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of "Total Effect and the Eighth Grade," how many instances does O'Connor mention parents objecting to their child's reading assignments?

2. What Catholic author wrote about Catholics who are vulgar, ignorant, and greedy?

3. Which writer did Henry James say does things in the way that take the most doing?

4. What type of people does O'Connor say Southerners can recognize?

5. What emotion does the Catholic novelist sometimes feel when he views what he is supposed to do as a Catholic and as a novelist?

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