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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Catholic Novelists and Their Readers and The Catholic Novelist in the Protestant South.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "Purify the source"?
(a) Camus.
(b) Perse.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Mauriac.

2. What emotion does the Catholic novelist sometimes feel when he views what he is supposed to do as a Catholic and as a novelist?
(a) Joy.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Angst.

3. What grade were the children who visited O'Connor's farm to see her peafowl?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Third.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

4. What author does O'Connor use as an example of someone who is not present in his work?
(a) Richard Matheson.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Alexander Pope.
(d) William Shakespeare.

5. O'Connor mentions instances where parents from what state object to their child's reading assignments?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Florida.
(d) Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does O'Connor mention wrestles with an angel in the Bible?

2. What did the magazine editorial that challenged American writers say literature lacks?

3. Who does O'Connor believe truly speaks for the country?

4. Where did O'Connor see the ad for her first peafowl?

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

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