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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Nature and Aim of Fiction, Writing Short Stories and On Her Own Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While some call "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" grotesque, what does O'Connor call it?
(a) Simplistic.
(b) Literal.
(c) Symbolic.
(d) Conceptual.

2. What possession of O'Connor's mom did the peafowl eat systematically?
(a) Bread loaves.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Pets.

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

4. Which of O'Connor's works does she use to show examples of hidden themes and symbols?
(a) Everything That Rises Must Converge.
(b) Wise Blood.
(c) A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
(d) The Violent Bear It Away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What author said his aim as a fiction writer is to render the highest possible justice to the visible universe?

2. What author said that he writes romances, not novels?

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

4. What did the telephone repairman comment on when O'Connor asked what he thinks of the peacock?

5. 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?

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