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

2. How long can a peacock live?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 35 years.

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

4. What type of people does O'Connor say Southerners can recognize?
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Freaks.
(d) Wealthy.

5. What sort of eyes did O'Connor prefer chickens to have?
(a) Very small and oval-shaped.
(b) A shade of light blue.
(c) One green and one orange.
(d) One big and one little.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where was Faulkner at home?

4. What did the photographer come to O'Connor's home to film?

5. What grade were the children who visited O'Connor's farm to see her peafowl?

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