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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 say acts as a middleman between readers and writers?
(a) Sociologists.
(b) Psychologists.
(c) Students.
(d) Teachers.

2. At the beginning of "Total Effect and the Eighth Grade," how many instances does O'Connor mention parents objecting to their child's reading assignments?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. O'Connor knew an English teacher who asked students what the moral is to what novel?
(a) The Scarlet Letter.
(b) Billy Budd.
(c) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(d) Moby Dick.

4. Who is generally blamed when literature is not studied the right way?
(a) The teachers.
(b) The government.
(c) The parents.
(d) The students.

5. What is the name of O'Connor's posthumous book of stories?
(a) Everything That Rises Must Converge.
(b) Greenleaf.
(c) The Enduring Chill.
(d) A View of the Woods.

6. Who said art does not necessitate restrictions?
(a) Saint John Bosco.
(b) Saint Ignatius Loyola.
(c) Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(d) Saint Gerard Majella.

7. What is the name of the college publication that printed a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers?
(a) Four Quarters.
(b) Four Seasons.
(c) Four Fifths.
(d) Four Square.

8. Who said that the morality of a piece of fiction depends on the amount of "felt life" that was in it?
(a) John Updike.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Harper Lee.

9. What kind of reader does O'Connor say "for all practical purposes" no longer exists?
(a) Nonfiction readers.
(b) Short story readers.
(c) Poetry readers.
(d) Fiction readers.

10. What is the nickname for the South?
(a) The Bible Layer.
(b) The Bible Area.
(c) The Bible District.
(d) The Bible Belt.

11. In what area of the United States do Catholic writers have the burden of regionalism to overcome?
(a) The West.
(b) The Midwest.
(c) The South.
(d) New England.

12. What family member of O'Connor's reviewed her novel for her high school class?
(a) Sister.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Niece.

13. What Christian denomination does O'Connor follow?
(a) Methodism.
(b) Baptism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Presbyterian.

14. What Catholic author wrote about Catholics who are vulgar, ignorant, and greedy?
(a) Paul Hamilton Hayne,
(b) Walker Percy.
(c) Henry Timrod.
(d) J. F. Powers.

15. In what year did a college publication print a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1914.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does O'Connor point to in the first sentence of The Church and the Fiction Writer?

2. What is it generally supposed that Catholic writers use their fiction to do?

3. Legend has it that St. Francis converted what?

4. Who does O'Connor say South Boston belongs to?

5. Who does O'Connor believe should do the evangelizing?

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