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

2. What item of clothing did Colonel Eggbert wear?
(a) A jumper.
(b) A top hat.
(c) A pique coat.
(d) A blouse.

3. Henry James gave negative criticism by telling the writer that they have treated good subject manner in what kind of manner?
(a) Straightforward.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Wordy.
(d) Confusing.

4. What sort of eyes did O'Connor prefer chickens to have?
(a) Very small and oval-shaped.
(b) A shade of light blue.
(c) One green and one orange.
(d) One big and one little.

5. Besides the telephone repairman, who did O'Connor say is indifferent to the peacock's display?
(a) Children.
(b) The peahen.
(c) Floridians.
(d) Old women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote that the roots of the eye are in the heart?

2. What does O'Connor say one should do if they want topics?

3. What did the editorial that challenged American writers say American writers do?

4. What John Hersey novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?

5. Who said that the artist is concerned with the good of that which is made?

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