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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. Where did O'Connor's first set of peafowl come from?
(a) Chattanooga, Tennessee.
(b) Eustis, Florida.
(c) Macon, Georgia.
(d) Gulf Shores, Alabama.

2. How did the old man respond when his children asked him what O'Connor's peacock was?
(a) He says it is "the king of the birds."
(b) He says it is "a peacock and nothing more."
(c) He stands in silence before getting back in his car.
(d) He says it is an "overgrown chicken."

3. What was the title of the course that O'Connor addressed in The Nature and Aim of Fiction?
(a) How the Writer Writes.
(b) Inside the Novelist's Mind.
(c) How Novels are Written.
(d) The Writing Process.

4. University students in the 1920s created a pamphlet with what title?
(a) I'll Take My Stand.
(b) I'll Stand and Be Heard.
(c) I'll Stand My Ground.
(d) I'll Put My Foot Down.

5. How long can a peacock live?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 25 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of artist does O'Connor say is most deviled by the public?

3. O'Connor is told that some students believe that anything that cannot be done using what is not worth doing?

4. What did the schoolchildren who visited O'Connor's farm call the peacock's smaller, gray tail?

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

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