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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. Where was Faulkner at home?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Nashville.
(c) New York.
(d) Savannah.

2. O'Connor's friend told her that a bookstore clerk referred to "The Violent Bear It Away" with what title?
(a) The Violets Bear Today.
(b) The Valiant Bloom Always.
(c) The Bear That Ran Away With It.
(d) The One That Got Away.

3. How many fundamental truths do Catholic writers live and work in?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

4. What is the name of O'Connor's posthumous book of stories?
(a) Greenleaf.
(b) Everything That Rises Must Converge.
(c) The Enduring Chill.
(d) A View of the Woods.

5. What question did the editorial that challenged O'Connor ask?
(a) Who speaks for women today?
(b) Who speaks for America today?
(c) Who speaks for the poor today?
(d) Who speaks for the South today?

Short Answer Questions

1. According to O'Connor, how is Redemption gained?

2. What author said that he writes romances, not novels?

3. Who is generally blamed when literature is not studied the right way?

4. What were the subjects called when O'Connor was in high school?

5. What does O'Connor say is a word that sounds good in anyone's mouth that no book jacket can do without?

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