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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. When does O'Connor say humanity lost its innocence?
(a) During Christ's death.
(b) When we are born.
(c) During the Fall.
(d) During Christ's resurrection.

2. While some call "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" grotesque, what does O'Connor call it?
(a) Conceptual.
(b) Literal.
(c) Simplistic.
(d) Symbolic.

3. Who responds to a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers by saying "A Catholic, if he is devout, i.e., sold on the authority of his Church, is also brain-washed, whether he realizes it or not"?
(a) Tom Duepner.
(b) Philip Wylie.
(c) Steve Spence.
(d) Brian McCarthy.

4. Who is the author that O'Connor says is not a good writer, but his intent should not be judged?
(a) Cardinal Spellman.
(b) Cardinal O'Grady.
(c) Cardinal Mencia.
(d) Cardinal Hawkins.

5. Who wrote an essay saying the woman of the future will know nothing of mystery or manners?
(a) Graham Greene.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What possession of O'Connor's mom did the peafowl eat systematically?

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

4. In which novel does O'Connor say all its sentences could be examined with wonder?

5. Who said art does not necessitate restrictions?

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