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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. From what newspaper was the photographer who visited O'Connor at her home?
(a) The Weekly Report.
(b) Pathe News.
(c) USA Today.
(d) The New York Times.

2. What did an old woman cry when she finally saw the tail on O'Connor's peacock?
(a) "Amen! Amen!"
(b) "Hallelujah!"
(c) "God bless America!"
(d) "Praise God!"

3. How long can a peacock live?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

5. What color was the helmet of the telephone repairman that came to O'Connor's farm?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment did Dr. Johnson's housekeeper have?

2. When will a peacock regrow his feathers once he sheds?

3. What type of people does O'Connor say Southerners can recognize?

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

5. What did the schoolchildren who visited O'Connor's farm call the peacock's smaller, gray tail?

(see the answer key)

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