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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 was Faulkner at home?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Nashville.
(c) New York.
(d) Savannah.

2. In what year did O'Connor receive a letter from a nun asking her to write a book about a deformed girl?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1961.

3. How often does the college publication that printed a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers come out?
(a) Monthly.
(b) Daily.
(c) Quarterly.
(d) Weekly.

4. What will always be a Catholic novel's center of meaning?
(a) Christ.
(b) The devil.
(c) Sin.
(d) Joy.

5. How many sections does the story "Summer Dust" have?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in fiction is usually disturbing to the reader?

2. O'Connor's friend told her that a bookstore clerk referred to "The Violent Bear It Away" with what title?

3. Which of O'Connor's relatives did a man ask to relay a message to her about her type of characters?

4. What kind of reader does O'Connor say "for all practical purposes" no longer exists?

5. What did the photographer come to O'Connor's home to film?

(see the answer key)

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