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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 wrote in his notebook: "If I had not known you, I would not have found you"?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Pascal.
(c) Newton.
(d) Harvey.

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

3. Who is the author that O'Connor says is not a good writer, but his intent should not be judged?
(a) Cardinal O'Grady.
(b) Cardinal Hawkins.
(c) Cardinal Mencia.
(d) Cardinal Spellman.

4. 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.

5. O'Connor says a society is understood by what?
(a) Its elderly.
(b) Its location.
(c) Its government.
(d) Its stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the subjects called when O'Connor was in high school?

2. According to O'Connor, how is Redemption gained?

3. What author does O'Connor point to in the first sentence of The Church and the Fiction Writer?

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

5. Who wrote that the roots of the eye are in the heart?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does O'Connor say the Protestant South is a good place for Catholic writers to write?

2. Why does O'Connor write powerfully, especially about God?

3. What problem does O'Connor say Catholic writers face?

4. How does O'Connor respond to the idea that there is a lack of good Catholic writing in America?

5. How did John Hersey defend his book "A Bell for Adano" in a letter to the Georgia state school superintendent?

6. How does O'Connor respond to those who say that Catholics cannot be artists?

7. What story does O'Connor tell at the beginning of "Catholic Novelists and Their Readers"?

8. When does O'Connor say the greatest dramas occur?

9. What does O'Connor say about her book when she reviews it for class?

10. What does O'Connor mean when she says that writers should heed the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas?

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