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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does O'Connor quote at the end of "The Fiction Writer and His Country"?
(a) St. Cyril.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Pope Leo XIII.
(d) Nathaniel Hawthorne.

2. What author said that he writes romances, not novels?
(a) Huxley.
(b) Hawthorne.
(c) Orwell.
(d) Poe.

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

4. What color was the helmet of the telephone repairman that came to O'Connor's farm?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Orange.

5. What does O'Connor says causes Southerners anguish?
(a) That there are not enough jobs.
(b) That the South is getting more like the rest of the country.
(c) That there are too many people in the South.
(d) That the South is alienated.

6. Henry James gave negative criticism by telling the writer that they have treated good subject manner in what kind of manner?
(a) Straightforward.
(b) Wordy.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Confusing.

7. What does O'Connor say a writer needs but cannot get from a writing class?
(a) Competence.
(b) An epiphany.
(c) Experience.
(d) Vision.

8. How long does it take for a cock's plumage to attain its pattern?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

9. In what magazine did O'Connor read an editorial challenging her and other writers?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Southern Living.
(c) Time.
(d) Life.

10. What color was Colonel Eggbert?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

11. From what newspaper was the photographer who visited O'Connor at her home?
(a) The Weekly Report.
(b) USA Today.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) Pathe News.

12. According to O'Connor, what do Northern authors consider everything written by Southerners?
(a) Sappy.
(b) Religious.
(c) Simplistic.
(d) Grotesque.

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

14. In which novel does O'Connor say all its sentences could be examined with wonder?
(a) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(b) The Great Gatsby.
(c) The Pit and the Pendulum.
(d) Madame Bovary.

15. What does O'Connor say the serious writer is interested in?
(a) Getting outside of their comfort zone.
(b) Studying and learning.
(c) The habit of art.
(d) Pleasing the reader.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many peafowl did O'Connor have after nine years?

2. How much was a pair of peafowl that O'Connor saw in the paper?

3. What does O'Connor say that most people interested in writing are not interested in?

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

5. What was the title of the course that O'Connor addressed in The Nature and Aim of Fiction?

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