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

2. What does O'Connor say that most people interested in writing are not interested in?
(a) Writing well.
(b) Getting famous.
(c) Writing for fun.
(d) Making money.

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

4. Who is the author of "Summer Dust"?
(a) Caroline Gordon.
(b) Erin Carden.
(c) Linda Gray.
(d) Amy Matthews.

5. Which of O'Connor's works does she use to show examples of hidden themes and symbols?
(a) Everything That Rises Must Converge.
(b) A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
(c) The Violent Bear It Away.
(d) Wise Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Steinbeck novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?

2. What question did the editorial that challenged O'Connor ask?

3. Who said his aim as an artist was to render the highest possible justice to the visible universe?

4. O'Connor mentions instances where parents from what state object to their child's reading assignments?

5. O'Connor's friend told her that a bookstore clerk referred to "The Violent Bear It Away" with what title?

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