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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to O'Connor, how is Redemption gained?
(a) Through Christ's birth.
(b) Through Christ's death.
(c) Through Christ's resurrection.
(d) Through Christ's life.

2. What will always be a Catholic novel's center of destruction?
(a) Anger.
(b) Money.
(c) The devil.
(d) Sin.

3. 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 Square.
(c) Four Seasons.
(d) Four Fifths.

4. According to O'Connor, what does the fiction writer seem to have a revolting attachment to?
(a) The future.
(b) The past.
(c) Poverty.
(d) The West.

5. Freedom is of no use without what?
(a) Charm.
(b) Taste.
(c) Rights.
(d) Justice.

6. Most people try to create art that has what kind of value?
(a) Monetary.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Utilitarian.
(d) Spiritual.

7. 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) Steve Spence.
(c) Philip Wylie.
(d) Brian McCarthy.

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

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

10. Who said his aim as an artist was to render the highest possible justice to the visible universe?
(a) Twain.
(b) Conrad.
(c) Joyce.
(d) James.

11. What does the Catholic reader separate nature from?
(a) Peace.
(b) Faith.
(c) Grace.
(d) Love.

12. With what does O'Connor say there is a preoccupation in the work of Catholic writers of her time period?
(a) Violence.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Sex.
(d) Happy endings.

13. Which Steinbeck novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?
(a) Cannery Row.
(b) East of Eden.
(c) Of Mice and Men.
(d) Tortilla Flats.

14. How often does the college publication that printed a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers come out?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Daily.
(c) Monthly.
(d) Quarterly.

15. When does O'Connor say humanity lost its innocence?
(a) During Christ's death.
(b) During the Fall.
(c) When we are born.
(d) During Christ's resurrection.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did O'Connor present materials from "The Church and the Fiction Writer" during a talk at a college?

2. Who is the author that O'Connor says is not a good writer, but his intent should not be judged?

3. In what year did a college publication print a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers?

4. What must a writer's moral sense coincide with?

5. What is the name for someone who believes in religious dualism and the freedom of the soul from matter through asceticism?

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