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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 John Hersey novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?
(a) A Bell for Adano.
(b) Hiroshima.
(c) The Wall.
(d) Of Men and War.

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

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

4. What kind of reader does O'Connor say "for all practical purposes" no longer exists?
(a) Poetry readers.
(b) Short story readers.
(c) Nonfiction readers.
(d) Fiction readers.

5. How does O'Connor believe a work of fiction should be studied?
(a) Sociologically.
(b) Grammatically.
(c) Technically.
(d) Psychologically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the magazine editorial that challenged American writers say literature lacks?

2. Where did O'Connor's first set of peafowl come from?

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

4. What does O'Connor think every writer would like to think of himself as?

5. Henry James gave negative criticism by telling the writer that they have treated good subject manner in what kind of manner?

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