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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 art does not necessitate restrictions?
(a) Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(b) Saint John Bosco.
(c) Saint Ignatius Loyola.
(d) Saint Gerard Majella.

2. What is the name of the college publication that printed a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers?
(a) Four Seasons.
(b) Four Fifths.
(c) Four Quarters.
(d) Four Square.

3. O'Connor says no other writer was hotter after the dollar than whom?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

4. Where did O'Connor's first set of peafowl come from?
(a) Gulf Shores, Alabama.
(b) Macon, Georgia.
(c) Eustis, Florida.
(d) Chattanooga, Tennessee.

5. Which writer did Henry James say does things in the way that take the most doing?
(a) Matheson.
(b) Poe.
(c) Emerson.
(d) Conrad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does O'Connor use as an example of someone who is not present in his work?

2. What Christian denomination does O'Connor follow?

3. What does O'Connor say fiction should deal with?

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

5. Besides the telephone repairman, who did O'Connor say is indifferent to the peacock's display?

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