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

2. What award did Percy Walker win?
(a) National Book Award.
(b) Georgia Writers Grant.
(c) Regional Book Prize.
(d) National Novelist Award.

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

4. In what city did O'Connor's friend from Wisconsin buy a house?
(a) Chattanooga.
(b) Macon.
(c) Ocala.
(d) Atlanta.

5. What color was Colonel Eggbert?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) Gray.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long can a peacock live?

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

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

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