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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. What did the magazine editorial that challenged American writers say literature lacks?
(a) Supernatural elements.
(b) Violence.
(c) The joy of life.
(d) Energy.

2. Where did O'Connor see the ad for her first peafowl?
(a) The Market Bulletin.
(b) The Florida Express.
(c) The Daily Mail.
(d) The Bazaar.

3. Thomas Mann said that the grotesque is what style?
(a) Non-American.
(b) Victorian.
(c) Anti-bourgeois.
(d) Philistine.

4. Who wrote the collection of stories called "Rotting Hill"?
(a) Wendall Lane.
(b) Wyndham Lewis.
(c) William Louis.
(d) Willard Linus.

5. What did the photographer come to O'Connor's home to film?
(a) A prize-winning pig.
(b) The Gothic Revival style of the home.
(c) O'Connor.
(d) A chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. When will a peacock regrow his feathers once he sheds?

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

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

4. What ailment did Dr. Johnson's housekeeper have?

5. What possession of O'Connor's mom did the peafowl eat systematically?

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