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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. Where did O'Connor's first set of peafowl come from?
(a) Eustis, Florida.
(b) Chattanooga, Tennessee.
(c) Gulf Shores, Alabama.
(d) Macon, Georgia.

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

3. For what work did O'Connor receive the Georgia Writers' Association Scroll?
(a) Everything That Rises Must Converge.
(b) A Good Man Is Hard To Find.
(c) Wise Blood.
(d) The Violent Bear It Away.

4. How long does it take for a cock's plumage to attain its pattern?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

5. O'Connor says no other writer was hotter after the dollar than whom?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Mark Twain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in fiction is usually disturbing to the reader?

2. What author does O'Connor use as an example of someone who is not present in his work?

3. O'Connor knew an English teacher who asked students what the moral is to what novel?

4. According to O'Connor, what does the fiction writer seem to have a revolting attachment to?

5. Where did O'Connor see the ad for her first peafowl?

(see the answer key)

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