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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 that the roots of the eye are in the heart?
(a) Desiderius Erasmus.
(b) James Keller.
(c) Romano Guardini.
(d) Karl Rahner.

2. What John Hersey novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?
(a) The Wall.
(b) Of Men and War.
(c) Hiroshima.
(d) A Bell for Adano.

3. What kind of reader does O'Connor say "for all practical purposes" no longer exists?
(a) Fiction readers.
(b) Poetry readers.
(c) Short story readers.
(d) Nonfiction readers.

4. What college is the home of a publication that printed a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers?
(a) LaSalle College.
(b) Cornell University.
(c) Brown University.
(d) Columbia University.

5. Which Steinbeck novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?
(a) Of Mice and Men.
(b) East of Eden.
(c) Tortilla Flats.
(d) Cannery Row.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For a writer of fiction, everything has its testing point in what body part?

3. What Catholic author wrote about Catholics who are vulgar, ignorant, and greedy?

4. What is it generally supposed that Catholic writers use their fiction to do?

5. According to O'Connor, what does the fiction writer seem to have a revolting attachment to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the God that O'Connor says she believes in.

2. How does O'Connor feel about bestseller lists?

3. How does O'Connor say that fiction writers and English teachers have common ground?

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

5. What does O'Connor say about being specific in her writing?

6. Why might a Catholic writer have to include more violence in his work than he is comfortable with?

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

8. Why might a Catholic novelist feel angst about being both a Catholic and a fiction writer?

9. What does O'Connor say to those who say that Catholics are too restrained by their rigorous Catholic education to write creatively?

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

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