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

2. O'Connor says that it is not fair to demand that novelists be what kind of novelists at the end of "The Teaching of Literature"?
(a) American.
(b) Influential.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) All-encompassing.

3. What kind of reader does O'Connor say "for all practical purposes" no longer exists?
(a) Nonfiction readers.
(b) Poetry readers.
(c) Short story readers.
(d) Fiction readers.

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

5. What will always be a Catholic novel's center of meaning?
(a) Christ.
(b) Joy.
(c) The devil.
(d) Sin.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote an essay saying the woman of the future will know nothing of mystery or manners?

4. What kind of answers do Catholics abide by?

5. Who does O'Connor mention wrestles with an angel in the Bible?

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