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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction to A Memoir of Mary Ann.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Connor became frustrated because the writing students she addressed were looking for what?
(a) A formula.
(b) To copy the British.
(c) Advice.
(d) A mentor.

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

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

4. Whose pig does not know what bacon is?
(a) Mr. Jarrell.
(b) Mr. Sosebee.
(c) Mr. Harper.
(d) Mr. McRae.

5. What is the name of the book from which O'Connor quotes about a man who picked up a deformed child although disgusted by it?
(a) Our Old Home.
(b) The Dolliver Romance.
(c) The Blithedale Romance.
(d) The Marble Faun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the telephone repairman comment on when O'Connor asked what he thinks of the peacock?

2. Who is the Dixie Limited?

3. What did one of O'Connor's peafowl lose in the mowing machine?

4. What ailment caused a young girl to be deformed in "Introduction to a Memoir of Mary Ann"?

5. What will always be a Catholic novel's center of meaning?

(see the answer key)

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