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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. Who does O'Connor believe truly speaks for the country?
(a) Lawmakers.
(b) Preachers.
(c) Poets.
(d) Advertising agencies.
2. In what magazine did O'Connor read an editorial challenging her and other writers?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Life.
(c) Southern Living.
(d) Time.
3. What did the photographer come to O'Connor's home to film?
(a) A prize-winning pig.
(b) A chicken.
(c) The Gothic Revival style of the home.
(d) O'Connor.
4. Henry James gave negative criticism by telling the writer that they have treated good subject manner in what kind of manner?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Straightforward.
(c) Wordy.
(d) Nostalgic.
5. O'Connor says belief in what is a hindrance to writers?
(a) Good and evil.
(b) Christian dogma.
(c) God.
(d) The American dream.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does O'Connor says causes Southerners anguish?
2. University students in the 1920s created a pamphlet with what title?
3. What volunteer fire department was Mr. Montgomery a member of?
4. Who is the author of "Summer Dust"?
5. What did the editorial that challenged American writers say American writers do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What dream did O'Connor have at the end of "The King of the Birds"?
2. What makes Georgia writers different from writers from New York or Hollywood According to O'Connor?
3. How does having lost the Civil War make Southerners better writers, according to O'Connor?
4. Why does O'Connor think some people pretend to be unaffected by the peacocks?
5. Why does O'Connor believe Southern writers are anguished?
6. How does O'Connor feel about the fiction writer using symbols?
7. How does O'Connor feel about Southern writing being labeled as "grotesque"?
8. What does O'Connor say about reality in fiction writing?
9. 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?
10. How did the peacock react when a telephone repairman tried to get him to strut?
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