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

2. Who does O'Connor say acts as a middleman between readers and writers?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Students.
(c) Psychologists.
(d) Sociologists.

3. What family member of O'Connor's reviewed her novel for her high school class?
(a) Sister.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Niece.
(d) Daughter.

4. Most people try to create art that has what kind of value?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Utilitarian.
(c) Monetary.
(d) Truthful.

5. Whose pig does not know what bacon is?
(a) Mr. Sosebee.
(b) Mr. Jarrell.
(c) Mr. Harper.
(d) Mr. McRae.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of O'Connor's posthumous book of stories?

4. What will always be a Catholic novel's center of meaning?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 should be the result of the proper study of literature?

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

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

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

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