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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. What does O'Connor say a writer needs but cannot get from a writing class?
(a) An epiphany.
(b) Vision.
(c) Competence.
(d) Experience.

2. What item of clothing did Colonel Eggbert wear?
(a) A blouse.
(b) A jumper.
(c) A pique coat.
(d) A top hat.

3. What does O'Connor say there are more of in the South than rivers and streams?
(a) Writers.
(b) Critics.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Preachers.

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

5. What did the schoolchildren who visited O'Connor's farm call the peacock's smaller, gray tail?
(a) Underwear.
(b) Tripod.
(c) Mini-tail.
(d) Gray hairs.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who wrote the collection of stories called "Rotting Hill"?

5. Thomas Mann said that the grotesque is what style?

(see the answer key)

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