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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. Legend has it that St. Francis converted what?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A snake.
(c) A bear.
(d) A wolf.

2. What did the editorial that challenged American writers say American writers do?
(a) Write about being poor.
(b) Write as if everyone in the country is rich.
(c) Write too abstractly, confusing readers.
(d) Write too much like British writers.

3. What does O'Connor think English teachers can help change?
(a) The education systems in third world countries.
(b) The number of college students who have all A's.
(c) The rate of high school drop outs.
(d) The best-seller list.

4. Whose pig does not know what bacon is?
(a) Mr. McRae.
(b) Mr. Jarrell.
(c) Mr. Harper.
(d) Mr. Sosebee.

5. 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 father.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname for the South?

2. O'Connor's friend told her that a bookstore clerk referred to "The Violent Bear It Away" with what title?

3. In what magazine did O'Connor read an editorial challenging her and other writers?

4. 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"?

5. What will always be a Catholic novel's center of destruction?

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