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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who responds to a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers by saying "A Catholic, if he is devout, i.e., sold on the authority of his Church, is also brain-washed, whether he realizes it or not"?
(a) Tom Duepner.
(b) Brian McCarthy.
(c) Philip Wylie.
(d) Steve Spence.

2. Which of O'Connor's relatives did a man ask to relay a message to her about her type of characters?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

3. What emotion does the Catholic novelist sometimes feel when he views what he is supposed to do as a Catholic and as a novelist?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Angst.
(d) Joy.

4. In what year did O'Connor present materials from "The Church and the Fiction Writer" during a talk at a college?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1957.

5. Who wrote that the roots of the eye are in the heart?
(a) Karl Rahner.
(b) Desiderius Erasmus.
(c) James Keller.
(d) Romano Guardini.

6. Who was Baron von Hugel?
(a) A French scientist.
(b) A Catholic scholar.
(c) A Pope.
(d) A Protestant preacher.

7. What does O'Connor say one should do if they want topics?
(a) Read a work of fiction.
(b) Read a newspaper.
(c) Listen to the radio.
(d) Read a biography.

8. Who does O'Connor say acts as a middleman between readers and writers?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Sociologists.
(c) Students.
(d) Psychologists.

9. What kind of answers do Catholics abide by?
(a) Instant.
(b) Sentimental.
(c) Complex.
(d) Rational.

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

11. O'Connor says that it is not fair to demand that novelists be what kind of novelists at the end of "The Teaching of Literature"?
(a) Influential.
(b) American.
(c) All-encompassing.
(d) Intellectual.

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

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

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

15. Who does O'Connor believe should do the evangelizing?
(a) Evangelists.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Artists.
(d) Writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Catholicism does O'Connor say should help a person penetrate realities?

2. According to O'Connor, what does the fiction writer seem to have a revolting attachment to?

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

4. O'Connor presented materials from "The Church and the Fiction Writer" during a talk at what college?

5. Who said art does not necessitate restrictions?

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