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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. Flannery employs _____________ dialect and slang in her letter about The Kenyon Review.
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Tennessee.

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

3. In what year was Flannery O'Connor born?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1925.

4. Why does Flannery not use paint brushes to paint?
(a) She dislikes washing them.
(b) She can't get Parisian brushes in Georgia.
(c) She thinks they are too small.
(d) She can't get the sizes she needs.

5. What is the title of Flannery's first story published in a magazine?
(a) Hook, Line and Sinker.
(b) Mr. Lincoln.
(c) The Geranium.
(d) Peacock Blues.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Flannery when she moved to her mother's birthplace in Milledgeville, Georgia?

2. What is distinctive about Flannery's illness?

3. What does Flannery use for painting?

4. How old was Flannery when her father died?

5. In what city did Flannery attend college?

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