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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 think every writer would like to think of himself as?
(a) A realist.
(b) An original.
(c) An artist.
(d) A genius.

2. What kind of reader does O'Connor say "for all practical purposes" no longer exists?
(a) Fiction readers.
(b) Short story readers.
(c) Poetry readers.
(d) Nonfiction readers.

3. What did the magazine editorial that challenged American writers say literature lacks?
(a) Supernatural elements.
(b) The joy of life.
(c) Energy.
(d) Violence.

4. What author does O'Connor use as an example of someone who is not present in his work?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Richard Matheson.
(d) Alexander Pope.

5. What is the name of O'Connor's posthumous book of stories?
(a) Everything That Rises Must Converge.
(b) A View of the Woods.
(c) The Enduring Chill.
(d) Greenleaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does O'Connor point to in the first sentence of The Church and the Fiction Writer?

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

3. How old was O'Connor when a photographer visited her in "The King of the Birds"?

4. How long can a peacock live?

5. What were the subjects called when O'Connor was in high school?

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