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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. Where was Faulkner at home?
(a) New York.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Nashville.

2. What John Hersey novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?
(a) Hiroshima.
(b) A Bell for Adano.
(c) The Wall.
(d) Of Men and War.

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

4. Who was Baron von Hugel?
(a) A Pope.
(b) A Catholic scholar.
(c) A French scientist.
(d) A Protestant preacher.

5. Which writer did Henry James say does things in the way that take the most doing?
(a) Poe.
(b) Conrad.
(c) Emerson.
(d) Matheson.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to O'Connor, what do Northern authors consider everything written by Southerners?

2. Who does O'Connor say acts as a middleman between readers and writers?

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

4. What does O'Connor say one should do if they want topics?

5. What does O'Connor say is a word that sounds good in anyone's mouth that no book jacket can do without?

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