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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. Thomas Mann said that the grotesque is what style?
(a) Philistine.
(b) Anti-bourgeois.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Non-American.

2. Who does O'Connor believe truly speaks for the country?
(a) Lawmakers.
(b) Preachers.
(c) Advertising agencies.
(d) Poets.

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

4. In what area of the United States do Catholic writers have the burden of regionalism to overcome?
(a) The West.
(b) The South.
(c) The Midwest.
(d) New England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does O'Connor quote at the end of "The Fiction Writer and His Country"?

2. What book does O'Connor say is not well written but the author should not be judged by his intent?

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

4. Which of O'Connor's relatives did a man ask to relay a message to her about her type of characters?

5. How many fundamental truths do Catholic writers live and work in?

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