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

2. What does O'Connor think every writer would like to think of himself as?
(a) An original.
(b) A genius.
(c) A realist.
(d) An artist.

3. What award did Percy Walker win?
(a) Georgia Writers Grant.
(b) National Novelist Award.
(c) Regional Book Prize.
(d) National Book Award.

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

5. O'Connor says a society is understood by what?
(a) Its stories.
(b) Its elderly.
(c) Its government.
(d) Its location.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Connor think English teachers can help change?

2. For a writer of fiction, everything has its testing point in what body part?

3. What is the name for someone who believes in religious dualism and the freedom of the soul from matter through asceticism?

4. What must a writer's moral sense coincide with?

5. What does O'Connor say is the ultimate reality?

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