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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fiction Writer & His Country, Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction and The Regional Writer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the old man respond when his children asked him what O'Connor's peacock was?
(a) He says it is an "overgrown chicken."
(b) He says it is "a peacock and nothing more."
(c) He stands in silence before getting back in his car.
(d) He says it is "the king of the birds."

2. What does O'Connor think every writer would like to think of himself as?
(a) An artist.
(b) A realist.
(c) An original.
(d) A genius.

3. What is O'Connor's advice for writers who do not want to be regional?
(a) Be an American writer.
(b) Only write fiction.
(c) Only write fantasy and science fiction.
(d) Move to an unfamiliar region.

4. Where did O'Connor's first set of peafowl come from?
(a) Gulf Shores, Alabama.
(b) Chattanooga, Tennessee.
(c) Eustis, Florida.
(d) Macon, Georgia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of clothing did Colonel Eggbert wear?

2. Besides the telephone repairman, who did O'Connor say is indifferent to the peacock's display?

3. What possession of O'Connor's mom did the peafowl eat systematically?

4. What did O'Connor see in the book "Believe It or Not"?

5. What did the telephone repairman comment on when O'Connor asked what he thinks of the peacock?

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