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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. What question did the editorial that challenged O'Connor ask?
(a) Who speaks for America today?
(b) Who speaks for the South today?
(c) Who speaks for the poor today?
(d) Who speaks for women today?

2. What part of Catholicism does O'Connor say should help a person penetrate realities?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Communion.
(c) Dogma.
(d) Baptism.

3. University students in the 1920s created a pamphlet with what title?
(a) I'll Stand My Ground.
(b) I'll Stand and Be Heard.
(c) I'll Put My Foot Down.
(d) I'll Take My Stand.

4. Who is the Dixie Limited?
(a) Welty.
(b) Capote.
(c) Twain.
(d) Faulkner.

5. What were the subjects called when O'Connor was in high school?
(a) Topics.
(b) Courses.
(c) Adventures.
(d) Activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does O'Connor say she figured out what fiction was?

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

3. O'Connor is told that some students believe that anything that cannot be done using what is not worth doing?

4. What award did Percy Walker win?

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

(see the answer key)

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