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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the telephone repairman say he thought O'Connor's peacock could outrun?
(a) A cheetah.
(b) A bus.
(c) An Oldsmobile.
(d) A roadrunner.

2. What sort of eyes did O'Connor prefer chickens to have?
(a) One big and one little.
(b) Very small and oval-shaped.
(c) A shade of light blue.
(d) One green and one orange.

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

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

5. Who called art "reason in making"?
(a) St. Mark.
(b) St. Petroc.
(c) St. Thomas.
(d) St. Kea.

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

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

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

9. What does O'Connor refer to as a "complete dramatic action"?
(a) A scene.
(b) A novel.
(c) A story.
(d) A movement.

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

11. 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?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Gauguin.
(c) Redon.
(d) Cezanne.

12. What did an old woman cry when she finally saw the tail on O'Connor's peacock?
(a) "God bless America!"
(b) "Hallelujah!"
(c) "Praise God!"
(d) "Amen! Amen!"

13. Which of O'Connor's relatives refused to accept that her story about a man who leaves his wife at an eatery was complete?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her brother.

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

15. Granville Hicks reviewed a novel by whom?
(a) Thomas Shepard.
(b) John Wise.
(c) James Jones.
(d) Samuel Willard.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connor says no other writer was hotter after the dollar than whom?

2. How long does it take for a cock's plumage to attain its pattern?

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

4. Besides the telephone repairman, who did O'Connor say is indifferent to the peacock's display?

5. What did O'Connor see in the book "Believe It or Not"?

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