View a FREE sample

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. What was the title of the course that O'Connor addressed in The Nature and Aim of Fiction?
(a) How the Writer Writes.
(b) Inside the Novelist's Mind.
(c) The Writing Process.
(d) How Novels are Written.

2. O'Connor says belief in what is a hindrance to writers?
(a) Christian dogma.
(b) The American dream.
(c) God.
(d) Good and evil.

3. What reason did O'Connor give a female student who asked her why she writes?
(a) "I can't do anything else."
(b) "Because I'm good at it."
(c) "I don't write; I create."
(d) "It pays the bills."

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

5. Which of O'Connor's relatives refused to accept that her story about a man who leaves his wife at an eatery was complete?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did an old woman cry when she finally saw the tail on O'Connor's peacock?

2. What does O'Connor say is the first reaction people have when they see a peacock's tail?

3. What does O'Connor refer to as a "complete dramatic action"?

4. How many sections does the story "Summer Dust" have?

5. Henry James gave negative criticism by telling the writer that they have treated good subject manner in what kind of manner?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 219 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample