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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Teaching of Literature and Total Effect and the Eighth Grade.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the collection of stories called "Rotting Hill"?
(a) Wendall Lane.
(b) Wyndham Lewis.
(c) William Louis.
(d) Willard Linus.

2. 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"?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Influential.
(c) All-encompassing.
(d) American.

3. How long can a peacock live?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

5. What did the telephone repairman comment on when O'Connor asked what he thinks of the peacock?
(a) Its legs.
(b) Its bad attitude.
(c) Its tail.
(d) Its coloring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is generally blamed when literature is not studied the right way?

2. O'Connor became frustrated because the writing students she addressed were looking for what?

3. How many sections does the story "Summer Dust" have?

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

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

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