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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides the telephone repairman, who did O'Connor say is indifferent to the peacock's display?
(a) Old women.
(b) Floridians.
(c) The peahen.
(d) Children.

2. 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) Redon.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Gauguin.
(d) Cezanne.

3. What does O'Connor say there are more of in the South than rivers and streams?
(a) Writers.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Preachers.
(d) Critics.

4. What author said his aim as a fiction writer is to render the highest possible justice to the visible universe?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Conrad.
(d) Updike.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When will a peacock regrow his feathers once he sheds?

2. What is O'Connor's advice for writers who do not want to be regional?

3. What did the editorial that challenged American writers say American writers do?

4. University students in the 1920s created a pamphlet with what title?

5. Where did O'Connor's first set of peafowl come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways did the peafowl wreck the O'Connor farm?

2. What does O'Connor say about reality in fiction writing?

3. What does O'Connor mean when she says a writer must find his location in order to do his best work?

4. What is the gist of an editorial written to Life magazine regarding writers?

5. How does O'Connor describe grotesque writing?

6. How does O'Connor feel about short stories?

7. What does O'Connor say about those who have the gift for writing?

8. How does O'Connor feel about people trying to analyze her work?

9. How does O'Connor feel about the peahens?

10. Why does O'Connor advise that if an author is called a Southern writer he is best to rid himself of the title as soon as possible?

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