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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Habit of Being : Chapter 2, Part II - Day In and Day Out 1953 - 1958 pgs 50 - 100.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Flannery think about the writing process?
(a) It was lonely.
(b) It was depressing.
(c) It was invigorating.
(d) It was a bad habit.

2. With whom had Flannery lived at the beginning of her career?
(a) The Williams'.
(b) The Fitzgeralds.
(c) The Hemingways.
(d) The Capotes.

3. What is distinctive about Flannery's illness?
(a) It is cancerous.
(b) It comes and goes.
(c) It is contagious.
(d) It is curable.

4. Why does this person write an introduction for the book?
(a) She was O'Connor's sister.
(b) She knows O'Connor personally.
(c) She was O'Connor's publisher.
(d) She was a college roommate of O'Connor's.

5. From which college did Flannery graduate?
(a) Georgia State College for Women.
(b) Georgia Tech.
(c) Savannah College of Art and Design.
(d) University of Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be said about these introductory sections of the book?

2. On what day was Flannery O'Connor born?

3. What is the name of Flannery's first novel?

4. At one point Flannery writes that she is being called ___________________.

5. What is the purpose of the Editorial Note?

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