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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city was Flannery O'Connor born?
(a) Albany, Georgia.
(b) Milledgeville, Georgia.
(c) Savannah, Georgia.
(d) Macon, Georgia.

2. What is Flannery's religious affiliation?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Baptist.

3. How did Flannery break some ribs?
(a) Fall from horse.
(b) Playing polo.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Coughing.

4. Flannery is advised not to have her work published in ____________ in the 1950s.
(a) Italy.
(b) Canada.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

5. What liquor does Flannery keep at home as a pain killer?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) White rum.
(c) Gin.
(d) Wine.

6. What publishing company is Catharine Carver leaving?
(a) Simon & Schuster.
(b) Red Lion.
(c) Random House.
(d) Harcourt Brace.

7. In what city does Flannery say it is difficult to raise children?
(a) Boston.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Philadelphia.

8. In Georgia there are a lot of Americans with __________ surnames.
(a) Italian.
(b) Hyphenated.
(c) Celtic.
(d) German.

9. Flannery is excellently educated in regard to which of the following?
(a) All of these.
(b) Her gender.
(c) Her time period.
(d) Her country.

10. Fitzgerald says that the letters provide _____________________.
(a) A curriculum vitae for O'Connor.
(b) A cursory glance at O'Connor's code of ethics.
(c) An in-depth look at O'Connor's life.
(d) A brief summary of O'Connor's life.

11. What does Flannery tell Cecil Dawson to do with rejection slips?
(a) Line a bird cage with them.
(b) Make paper airplanes out of them.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Make grocery lists on them.

12. Flannery writes that the Ku Klux Klan lit a cross on the lawn of ________________.
(a) The Court House.
(b) The high school.
(c) The NAACP headquarters.
(d) The Baptist Church.

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

14. Flannery admits to not being very good at ____________.
(a) Biology.
(b) Spelling.
(c) Math.
(d) Physics.

15. Who is one of the newest connections with whom Flannery exchanges letters in this section?
(a) Fr. J.R. Sprague.
(b) Dr. P.J. Brumbaugh.
(c) Dr. T.R. Spivey.
(d) Fr. James Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Flannery's letters in this section are ________________.

2. Who is one of Flannery's earliest contacts?

3. At what did Flannery say she failed during this section?

4. Which of the following is NOT a person mentioned as a recipient of Flannery's correspondence in this section?

5. With whom had Flannery lived at the beginning of her career?

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