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

2. How many sections does the story "Summer Dust" have?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. Students from what university created a pamphlet in the 1920s?
(a) Vanderbilt.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

4. What author does O'Connor use as an example of someone who is not present in his work?
(a) Richard Matheson.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Alexander Pope.

5. Which of O'Connor's works does she use to show examples of hidden themes and symbols?
(a) Everything That Rises Must Converge.
(b) A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
(c) The Violent Bear It Away.
(d) Wise Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in fiction is usually disturbing to the reader?

2. What color was the helmet of the telephone repairman that came to O'Connor's farm?

3. How many peafowl did O'Connor have after nine years?

4. What country did Henry James like better than America?

5. According to O'Connor, what do Northern authors consider everything written by Southerners?

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