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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. What reason did O'Connor give a female student who asked her why she writes?
(a) "I don't write; I create."
(b) "I can't do anything else."
(c) "It pays the bills."
(d) "Because I'm good at it."

2. Who does O'Connor say acts as a middleman between readers and writers?
(a) Psychologists.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Sociologists.
(d) Students.

3. University students in the 1920s created a pamphlet with what title?
(a) I'll Stand My Ground.
(b) I'll Stand and Be Heard.
(c) I'll Take My Stand.
(d) I'll Put My Foot Down.

4. How old was O'Connor when a photographer visited her in "The King of the Birds"?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

5. What does O'Connor think every writer would like to think of himself as?
(a) An original.
(b) A genius.
(c) An artist.
(d) A realist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What artist was John Peale Bishop referring to when he claimed that you cannot say this person painted apples and tablecloth and say what he has painted?

2. Where was the photographer from who visited O'Connor at her home?

3. What does O'Connor say there are more of in the South than rivers and streams?

4. O'Connor's friend told her that a bookstore clerk referred to "The Violent Bear It Away" with what title?

5. O'Connor is told that some students believe that anything that cannot be done using what is not worth doing?

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