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

2. What country did Henry James like better than America?
(a) Canada.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Mexico.

3. What does O'Connor say there are more of in the South than rivers and streams?
(a) Writers.
(b) Preachers.
(c) Critics.
(d) Farmers.

4. What does O'Connor refer to as a "complete dramatic action"?
(a) A scene.
(b) A story.
(c) A novel.
(d) A movement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was O'Connor told should be the model of balance for the novelist?

2. When does O'Connor say she figured out what fiction was?

3. What award did Percy Walker win?

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

5. Freedom is of no use without what?

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