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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. Most people try to create art that has what kind of value?
(a) Utilitarian.
(b) Monetary.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Truthful.
2. Who is generally blamed when literature is not studied the right way?
(a) The teachers.
(b) The students.
(c) The government.
(d) The parents.
3. What does O'Connor say one should do if they want topics?
(a) Read a newspaper.
(b) Listen to the radio.
(c) Read a biography.
(d) Read a work of fiction.
4. What is the name of O'Connor's posthumous book of stories?
(a) Greenleaf.
(b) Everything That Rises Must Converge.
(c) The Enduring Chill.
(d) A View of the Woods.
5. Legend has it that St. Francis converted what?
(a) A bear.
(b) A snake.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A mouse.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who responds to a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers by saying "A Catholic, if he is devout, i.e., sold on the authority of his Church, is also brain-washed, whether he realizes it or not"?
2. How often does the college publication that printed a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers come out?
3. What does O'Connor think English teachers can help change?
4. How does O'Connor believe a work of fiction should be studied?
5. What John Hersey novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does O'Connor say that fiction writers and English teachers have common ground?
2. What does O'Connor say about being specific in her writing?
3. What does O'Connor say about her book when she reviews it for class?
4. How does O'Connor respond to the idea that there is a lack of good Catholic writing in America?
5. What does O'Connor mean when she says that writers should heed the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas?
6. Why does O'Connor say the Protestant South is a good place for Catholic writers to write?
7. How does O'Connor feel about literature being taught by way of psychology?
8. Why does O'Connor write powerfully, especially about God?
9. What does O'Connor say about absolutes in fiction, particularly religious fiction?
10. How does O'Connor feel about bestseller lists?
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