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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. How did the old man respond when his children asked him what O'Connor's peacock was?
(a) He says it is "the king of the birds."
(b) He stands in silence before getting back in his car.
(c) He says it is an "overgrown chicken."
(d) He says it is "a peacock and nothing more."

2. What did the magazine editorial that challenged American writers say literature lacks?
(a) Energy.
(b) Supernatural elements.
(c) Violence.
(d) The joy of life.

3. O'Connor says belief in what is a hindrance to writers?
(a) The American dream.
(b) Good and evil.
(c) God.
(d) Christian dogma.

4. 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) Cezanne.
(c) Gauguin.
(d) Rousseau.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What volunteer fire department was Mr. Montgomery a member of?

2. What does O'Connor say a writer needs but cannot get from a writing class?

3. What kind of vision does O'Connor say a fiction writer needs to develop?

4. What did O'Connor say her peafowl would eat?

5. Who does O'Connor believe truly speaks for the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dream did O'Connor have at the end of "The King of the Birds"?

2. How does O'Connor react to the editorial's cry for more spiritual writing, showing the joys of life?

3. How does O'Connor feel about Southern writing being labeled as "grotesque"?

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

5. Why did a photographer visit O'Connor when she was a young girl?

6. What makes Georgia writers different from writers from New York or Hollywood According to O'Connor?

7. How does O'Connor feel about the fiction writer using symbols?

8. What does O'Connor say about the Manicheans in "The Nature and Aim of Fiction"?

9. How did a man and his five white-haired children react when they saw the peacock in the road?

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

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