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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. Where was the photographer from who visited O'Connor at her home?
(a) New York.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) St. Louis.

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

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

4. What did the photographer come to O'Connor's home to film?
(a) The Gothic Revival style of the home.
(b) O'Connor.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A prize-winning pig.

5. When will a peacock regrow his feathers once he sheds?
(a) After Memorial Day.
(b) Near the first day of spring.
(c) After Easter.
(d) After Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Connor say is the first reaction people have when they see a peacock's tail?

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

3. What did the telephone repairman say he thought O'Connor's peacock could outrun?

4. How did the man selling fence posts get rid of his peafowl?

5. How did the old man respond when his children asked him what O'Connor's peacock was?

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