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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Catholic Novelists and Their Readers and The Catholic Novelist in the Protestant South.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author does O'Connor point to in the first sentence of The Church and the Fiction Writer?
(a) Graham Greene.
(b) Harper Lee.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) J.D. Salinger.

2. How many peafowl did O'Connor have after nine years?
(a) 60.
(b) 40.
(c) 70.
(d) 50.

3. What must a writer's moral sense coincide with?
(a) His sense of compassion.
(b) His dramatic sense.
(c) Facts and figures.
(d) His sense of piety.

4. In what city did O'Connor's friend from Wisconsin buy a house?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Macon.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Ocala.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote an essay saying the woman of the future will know nothing of mystery or manners?

3. How did the old man respond when his children asked him what O'Connor's peacock was?

4. Which of O'Connor's relatives did a man ask to relay a message to her about her type of characters?

5. About how long did the telephone repairman wait to see a peacock strut?

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