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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Church and the Fiction Writer and Novelist and Believer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does O'Connor say fiction should deal with?
(a) Reality.
(b) The subconscious.
(c) History.
(d) Vague concepts.

2. Who is the Dixie Limited?
(a) Welty.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) Twain.
(d) Capote.

3. Which of O'Connor's relatives did a man ask to relay a message to her about her type of characters?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her uncle.

4. Freedom is of no use without what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Rights.
(c) Taste.
(d) Charm.

5. What grade were the children who visited O'Connor's farm to see her peafowl?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) First.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the college publication that printed a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers?

2. Which of O'Connor's relatives refused to accept that her story about a man who leaves his wife at an eatery was complete?

3. What kind of vision does O'Connor say a fiction writer needs to develop?

4. What did the magazine editorial that challenged American writers say literature lacks?

5. At the beginning of "Total Effect and the Eighth Grade," how many instances does O'Connor mention parents objecting to their child's reading assignments?

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