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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. About how long did the telephone repairman wait to see a peacock strut?
(a) One hour.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

2. In what year did a deformed girl go to live with nuns who eventually wrote a book about her?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1953.

3. What type of artist does O'Connor say is most deviled by the public?
(a) Poet.
(b) Fiction writer.
(c) Painter.
(d) Musician.

4. Where were charity patients with cancer in New York sent during O'Connor's time?
(a) Blackwell's Island.
(b) The city's hospital.
(c) Homeless shelters.
(d) A nunnery.

5. How many fundamental truths do Catholic writers live and work in?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said that the artist is concerned with the good of that which is made?

2. What does O'Connor think every writer would like to think of himself as?

3. What book does O'Connor say is not well written but the author should not be judged by his intent?

4. What artist was John Peale Bishop referring to when he claimed that you cannot say this person painted apples and tablecloth and say what he has painted?

5. When does O'Connor say she figured out what fiction was?

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