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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason did O'Connor give a female student who asked her why she writes?
(a) "I can't do anything else."
(b) "Because I'm good at it."
(c) "It pays the bills."
(d) "I don't write; I create."

2. What did O'Connor see in the book "Believe It or Not"?
(a) A rooster who lived with no head.
(b) A chicken that mated with a turkey.
(c) A cat who nursed a hen.
(d) A woman who owned 900 chickens.

3. What does O'Connor say fiction should deal with?
(a) The subconscious.
(b) History.
(c) Vague concepts.
(d) Reality.

4. Who said that the artist is concerned with the good of that which is made?
(a) St. Aaron.
(b) St. Patrick.
(c) St. Thomas.
(d) St. Maro.

5. O'Connor says no other writer was hotter after the dollar than whom?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Henry James.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

6. What did O'Connor say her peafowl would eat?
(a) Cat food.
(b) Cabbage.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Startena.

7. Who does O'Connor believe truly speaks for the country?
(a) Poets.
(b) Advertising agencies.
(c) Preachers.
(d) Lawmakers.

8. Where was the photographer from who visited O'Connor at her home?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) New York.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Hollywood.

9. What does O'Connor say is a word that sounds good in anyone's mouth that no book jacket can do without?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Compassion.

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

11. What did the editorial that challenged American writers say American writers do?
(a) Write too much like British writers.
(b) Write too abstractly, confusing readers.
(c) Write as if everyone in the country is rich.
(d) Write about being poor.

12. Which of O'Connor's works does she use to show examples of hidden themes and symbols?
(a) Everything That Rises Must Converge.
(b) The Violent Bear It Away.
(c) Wise Blood.
(d) A Good Man Is Hard to Find.

13. What did one of O'Connor's peafowl lose in the mowing machine?
(a) A wing.
(b) Its tail.
(c) An eye.
(d) A foot.

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

15. What item of clothing did Colonel Eggbert wear?
(a) A pique coat.
(b) A blouse.
(c) A top hat.
(d) A jumper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was O'Connor when a photographer visited her in "The King of the Birds"?

2. What possession of O'Connor's mom did the peafowl eat systematically?

3. Where was Faulkner at home?

4. Who wrote the collection of stories called "Rotting Hill"?

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

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