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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 part of Catholicism does O'Connor say should help a person penetrate realities?
(a) Communion.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Dogma.
(d) Baptism.

2. What does O'Connor say has, for all its horror, been found by God to be worth dying for?
(a) Religion.
(b) Mercy.
(c) The Church.
(d) Structure.

3. 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"?
(a) Steve Spence.
(b) Brian McCarthy.
(c) Tom Duepner.
(d) Philip Wylie.

4. Who was Baron von Hugel?
(a) A Protestant preacher.
(b) A Pope.
(c) A Catholic scholar.
(d) A French scientist.

5. According to O'Connor, what does the fiction writer seem to have a revolting attachment to?
(a) The West.
(b) The past.
(c) Poverty.
(d) The future.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connor says a society is understood by what?

2. What is the name for someone who believes in religious dualism and the freedom of the soul from matter through asceticism?

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

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

5. Who said, "Purify the source"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does O'Connor feel about literature being taught by way of psychology?

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

3. How does O'Connor respond to those who say that Catholics cannot be artists?

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

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

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

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

8. When does O'Connor say the greatest dramas occur?

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

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

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