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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 man selling fence posts get rid of his peafowl?
(a) He would sell them at festivals.
(b) He gave them to O'Connor.
(c) He and his family would eat them.
(d) He would give them to needy children as gifts.

2. What did the magazine editorial that challenged American writers say literature lacks?
(a) Energy.
(b) Violence.
(c) Supernatural elements.
(d) The joy of life.

3. About how long did the telephone repairman wait to see a peacock strut?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) One hour.

4. Who does O'Connor quote at the end of "The Fiction Writer and His Country"?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(c) St. Cyril.
(d) Pope Leo XIII.

5. Who wrote the collection of stories called "Rotting Hill"?
(a) William Louis.
(b) Willard Linus.
(c) Wyndham Lewis.
(d) Wendall Lane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade were the children who visited O'Connor's farm to see her peafowl?

2. What did O'Connor feel like when she heard about The School Southern Degeneracy?

3. From what newspaper was the photographer who visited O'Connor at her home?

4. Students from what university created a pamphlet in the 1920s?

5. What does O'Connor say there are more of in the South than rivers and streams?

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