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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) Pascal.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Newton.

2. What writer does O'Connor say is an exception to the fact that Southern writers are not successfully cosmopolitan in fiction?
(a) Richard Ford.
(b) Lewis Nordan.
(c) Winston Groom.
(d) Katherine Anne Porter.

3. In what month did O'Connor present materials from "The Church and the Fiction Writer" during a talk at a college?
(a) February.
(b) January.
(c) March.
(d) April.

4. Who said art does not necessitate restrictions?
(a) Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(b) Saint Ignatius Loyola.
(c) Saint Gerard Majella.
(d) Saint John Bosco.

5. How often does the college publication that printed a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers come out?
(a) Monthly.
(b) Daily.
(c) Quarterly.
(d) Weekly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Connor say one should do if they want topics?

2. What does O'Connor say is the ultimate reality?

3. In what area of the United States do Catholic writers have the burden of regionalism to overcome?

4. Whose pig does not know what bacon is?

5. What college is the home of a publication that printed a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does O'Connor say she believes fiction should be taught?

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

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

4. What does O'Connor say about absolutes in fiction, particularly religious fiction?

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 say that fiction writers and English teachers have common ground?

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

8. What does O'Connor say about "The Foundling" written by Cardinal Spellman?

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

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

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