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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. O'Connor knew an English teacher who asked students what the moral is to what novel?
(a) The Scarlet Letter.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(d) Billy Budd.

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

3. O'Connor mentions instances where parents from what state object to their child's reading assignments?
(a) Florida.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tennessee.

4. Who said that the morality of a piece of fiction depends on the amount of "felt life" that was in it?
(a) John Updike.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Harper Lee.
(d) Henry James.

5. What does the Catholic reader separate nature from?
(a) Faith.
(b) Grace.
(c) Peace.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said his aim as an artist was to render the highest possible justice to the visible universe?

2. What does O'Connor think English teachers can help change?

3. What did O'Connor tell a classroom that there was no such thing as?

4. In what year did O'Connor present materials from "The Church and the Fiction Writer" during a talk at a college?

5. Where was Faulkner at home?

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