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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. Who does O'Connor mention wrestles with an angel in the Bible?
(a) Samson.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Aaron.

2. To what congregation did the nuns that wrote about a deformed girl belong?
(a) Haitian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Irish.
(d) Dominican.

3. Who does O'Connor say acts as a middleman between readers and writers?
(a) Students.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Sociologists.
(d) Psychologists.

4. What is the name of the nun who wrote O'Connor to ask if she would write the story of a deformed girl?
(a) Sister Evangelist.
(b) Sister Angela.
(c) Sister Diana.
(d) Sister Mary.

5. 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) Brian McCarthy.
(c) Steve Spence.
(d) Philip Wylie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said that the morality of a piece of fiction depends on the amount of "felt life" that was in it?

2. O'Connor says no other writer was hotter after the dollar than whom?

3. Henry James gave negative criticism by telling the writer that they have treated good subject manner in what kind of manner?

4. What color was the helmet of the telephone repairman that came to O'Connor's farm?

5. What is it generally supposed that Catholic writers use their fiction to do?

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