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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. Besides the telephone repairman, who did O'Connor say is indifferent to the peacock's display?
(a) Floridians.
(b) Children.
(c) Old women.
(d) The peahen.

2. How many peafowl did O'Connor have after nine years?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 70.
(d) 60.

3. Who does O'Connor believe truly speaks for the country?
(a) Lawmakers.
(b) Advertising agencies.
(c) Preachers.
(d) Poets.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many peafowl did O'Connor buy from an ad in a paper?

2. University students in the 1920s created a pamphlet with what title?

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

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

5. Thomas Mann said that the grotesque is what style?

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