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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 say South Boston belongs to?
(a) Robert Lewis Taylor.
(b) Edwin O'Connor.
(c) James Agee.
(d) Allen Drury.
2. Who does O'Connor believe should do the evangelizing?
(a) Artists.
(b) Evangelists.
(c) Writers.
(d) Teachers.
3. O'Connor presented materials from "The Church and the Fiction Writer" during a talk at what college?
(a) Yale.
(b) Notre Dame.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Sarah Lawrence.
4. What family member of O'Connor's reviewed her novel for her high school class?
(a) Daughter.
(b) Sister.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Niece.
5. Who is the author that O'Connor says is not a good writer, but his intent should not be judged?
(a) Cardinal Hawkins.
(b) Cardinal O'Grady.
(c) Cardinal Spellman.
(d) Cardinal Mencia.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose pig does not know what bacon is?
2. What country did Henry James like better than America?
3. Which character in fiction is usually disturbing to the reader?
4. What emotion does the Catholic novelist sometimes feel when he views what he is supposed to do as a Catholic and as a novelist?
5. What type of artist does O'Connor say is most deviled by the public?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does O'Connor suspect that readers like it when the devil appears in fiction?
2. How does O'Connor respond to those who say that Catholics cannot be artists?
3. Why does O'Connor say the Protestant South is a good place for Catholic writers to write?
4. How did John Hersey defend his book "A Bell for Adano" in a letter to the Georgia state school superintendent?
5. Why might a Catholic writer have to include more violence in his work than he is comfortable with?
6. What does O'Connor say should be the result of the proper study of literature?
7. How does O'Connor respond to the idea that there is a lack of good Catholic writing in America?
8. How does O'Connor feel about literature being taught by way of psychology?
9. What does O'Connor say about absolutes in fiction, particularly religious fiction?
10. What problem does O'Connor say Catholic writers face?
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