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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. What does O'Connor say one should do if they want topics?
(a) Read a newspaper.
(b) Listen to the radio.
(c) Read a work of fiction.
(d) Read a biography.

2. What emotion does the Catholic novelist sometimes feel when he views what he is supposed to do as a Catholic and as a novelist?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Angst.
(c) Joy.
(d) Sadness.

3. Legend has it that St. Francis converted what?
(a) A bear.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A snake.
(d) A wolf.

4. How many fundamental truths do Catholic writers live and work in?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. What book does O'Connor say is not well written but the author should not be judged by his intent?
(a) The Foundling.
(b) The Precious Blood.
(c) Surrender of an Empire.
(d) Redeemer in the Womb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname for the South?

2. Who does O'Connor say South Boston belongs to?

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

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

5. How does O'Connor believe a work of fiction should be studied?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the fiction writer vulnerable to public criticism?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does O'Connor suspect that readers like it when the devil appears in fiction?

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

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