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

2. O'Connor mentions instances where parents from what state object to their child's reading assignments?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Florida.
(d) Tennessee.

3. Which Steinbeck novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?
(a) Cannery Row.
(b) Tortilla Flats.
(c) East of Eden.
(d) Of Mice and Men.

4. Besides the telephone repairman, who did O'Connor say is indifferent to the peacock's display?
(a) The peahen.
(b) Children.
(c) Floridians.
(d) Old women.

5. What did O'Connor see in the book "Believe It or Not"?
(a) A chicken that mated with a turkey.
(b) A woman who owned 900 chickens.
(c) A rooster who lived with no head.
(d) A cat who nursed a hen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment did Dr. Johnson's housekeeper have?

2. What does O'Connor say is the first reaction people have when they see a peacock's tail?

3. What did one of O'Connor's peafowl lose in the mowing machine?

4. How did the old man respond when his children asked him what O'Connor's peacock was?

5. For what work did O'Connor receive the Georgia Writers' Association Scroll?

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