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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 is generally blamed when literature is not studied the right way?
(a) The government.
(b) The teachers.
(c) The students.
(d) The parents.

2. What does O'Connor say is the first reaction people have when they see a peacock's tail?
(a) Silence.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Gasp.
(d) Tears.

3. Who was Baron von Hugel?
(a) A Protestant preacher.
(b) A Pope.
(c) A French scientist.
(d) A Catholic scholar.

4. What did the schoolchildren who visited O'Connor's farm call the peacock's smaller, gray tail?
(a) Tripod.
(b) Mini-tail.
(c) Underwear.
(d) Gray hairs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote an essay saying the woman of the future will know nothing of mystery or manners?

2. Which writer did Henry James say does things in the way that take the most doing?

3. Who does O'Connor believe should do the evangelizing?

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

5. What is the name of the nun who wrote O'Connor to ask if she would write the story of a deformed girl?

(see the answer key)

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