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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. Which of O'Connor's relatives did a man ask to relay a message to her about her type of characters?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

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

3. What does O'Connor say is a word that sounds good in anyone's mouth that no book jacket can do without?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Gratitude.

4. O'Connor knew an English teacher who asked students what the moral is to what novel?
(a) Billy Budd.
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(c) The Scarlet Letter.
(d) Moby Dick.

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?
(a) Joy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Angst.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Steinbeck novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?

2. What volunteer fire department was Mr. Montgomery a member of?

3. Who wrote the collection of stories called "Rotting Hill"?

4. What family member of O'Connor's reviewed her novel for her high school class?

5. In what area of the United States do Catholic writers have the burden of regionalism to overcome?

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