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

2. Where was Faulkner at home?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Savannah.
(d) New York.

3. What did the magazine editorial that challenged American writers say literature lacks?
(a) The joy of life.
(b) Energy.
(c) Violence.
(d) Supernatural elements.

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

5. What award did Percy Walker win?
(a) National Book Award.
(b) National Novelist Award.
(c) Georgia Writers Grant.
(d) Regional Book Prize.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did O'Connor's friend from Wisconsin buy a house?

2. What part of Catholicism does O'Connor say should help a person penetrate realities?

3. What does O'Connor think English teachers can help change?

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

5. Students from what university created a pamphlet in the 1920s?

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