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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 an essay saying the woman of the future will know nothing of mystery or manners?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) Graham Greene.
(c) Henry James.
(d) John Steinbeck.

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

3. Who said that the artist is concerned with the good of that which is made?
(a) St. Patrick.
(b) St. Thomas.
(c) St. Aaron.
(d) St. Maro.

4. How long does it take for a cock's plumage to attain its pattern?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

5. What does O'Connor say fiction should deal with?
(a) History.
(b) Vague concepts.
(c) Reality.
(d) The subconscious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of O'Connor's relatives did a man ask to relay a message to her about her type of characters?

2. What did the schoolchildren who visited O'Connor's farm call the peacock's smaller, gray tail?

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

4. About how long did the telephone repairman wait to see a peacock strut?

5. What does O'Connor says causes Southerners anguish?

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