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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a topic in a letter written to Louise Abbot?
(a) All of these.
(b) Faith.
(c) Penance.
(d) Free will.

2. Which of the following does Flannery share information about the editorial process?
(a) Publishers.
(b) All of these.
(c) Agents.
(d) Payment.

3. In the first letter of this section, Flannery writes that she and Maryat are both _______________.
(a) Stubborn.
(b) Writers.
(c) Spinsters.
(d) Doing better.

4. When Flannery calls one of Cecil's friends a "pusson" what does she mean?
(a) Pushover.
(b) Pushy.
(c) Person.
(d) Sourpuss.

5. Flannery's knowledge of theology is rather extensive within the scope of the ___________ religion.
(a) Jewish.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Baptist.

6. How much money does Flannery tell Cecil will have already been deducted from his pay from his publisher?
(a) $500.
(b) $100.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $250.

7. Who does Flannery note has been drunk for the past two Mondays?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Maryat.
(c) Louise.
(d) Flannery.

8. What is the title of Flannery's second novel?
(a) Everything That Rises Must Converge.
(b) Wise Blood.
(c) The Violent Bear it Away.
(d) A Good Man is Hard to Find.

9. What are the new animals in Flannery's life at this point?
(a) Swans.
(b) Tigers.
(c) Puppies.
(d) Peacocks.

10. Whose work does Flannery respect a great deal?
(a) William Faulknor.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Teilhard de Chardin.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

11. Flannery has fears that her books _______________________.
(a) Will be controversial.
(b) Will not be understood.
(c) Will not be bestsellers.
(d) Will not be controversial.

12. What Georgia weather does Flannery report on the last day of 1963?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Torrential rains.
(c) Snow storm.
(d) Ice storm.

13. On what holiday does Flannery write to "A" to tell her that she is sick in bed?
(a) Easter.
(b) Fourth of July.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

14. Who writes an introduction to this chapter of letters?
(a) Flannery O'Connor.
(b) Maryat Lee.
(c) Robert Giroux.
(d) Sally Fitzgerald.

15. What is the title of this section?
(a) The Year That Was.
(b) The Last of the Best.
(c) The Last Year, 1964.
(d) The Best Years of our Lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Flannery writes that her very old family members creak like _____________________.

2. Which of Flannery's friends wears a Russian costume of a large hat and black cape?

3. About which philosopher is Flannery seemingly very knowledgeable?

4. Flannery writes that one of her women friends is going to ___________ in spite of not having won a Fulbright.

5. In a letter to the Fitzgeralds, Flannery writes that "Around here it is not a matter of finding the truth but __________________________.

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