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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. About which philosopher is Flannery seemingly very knowledgeable?
(a) Simone de Beauvoir.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Immanuel Kant.
(d) Plato.

2. Which author does Flannery encourage Alfred Corn to read?
(a) Agatha Christie.
(b) Teilhard de Chardin.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

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

4. The letters in this section cover the years of ___________________.
(a) 1959-1960.
(b) 1959-1963.
(c) 1960-1964.
(d) 1963-1966.

5. During her adult life, Flannery found respite in fresh air and _________________.
(a) Gardening.
(b) Farm animals.
(c) Movies.
(d) Fishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Flannery did not give her life over to marriage and ______________.

2. Who is the new person to whom Flannery writes in 1962?

3. What is the title of this section?

4. Caroline Gordon informs Flannery that the goddess Venus has a chariot pulled by ____________.

5. To whom does Flannery begin a letter with the salutation, "Dear Rayverberator"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sally Fitzgerald's being a friend of Flannery's enriched the experience of the letters for the reader?

2. What fear about her book does Flannery share in a letter in this section?

3. What is Flannery's perspective on helping other writers?

4. What does Flannery write about conversion to her friend, "A?"

5. What has become evident about the information Flannery shares with her different friends?

6. How does Flannery use sarcasm to congratulate a friend on winning a major book award?

7. What information does Flannery share about the god, Thor, in one of her letters to John Hawkes?

8. What is known about Flannery's romantic or personal life as revealed through her letters?

9. What is Sally Fitzgerald's perspective on how Flannery dealt with her illness?

10. How does Flannery use humor in the incident involving the discovery of body parts?

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