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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Francis claim to have lost at the building where the congregational revival took place?

2. Where did Mason leave Rayber when he was a boy, to prove that God would provide for him?

3. How does Francis react when Rayber tells him that he considered drowning Bishop when he was born?

4. What weapon did Mason pull on Rayber when he came to collect Francis after the kidnapping?

5. Where did Mason Tarwater die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of interaction does Francis have with the first truck driver that picks him up from the side of the road?

2. How did George Rayber come to live with his uncle, Mason?

3. How does Bishop die?

4. Who is Lucette, and what impact does she have on Rayber when the meet?

5. What is Francis' reaction when he figures out that Rayber has followed him to the religious revival?

6. How did Francis Tarwater come to live with his great-uncle Mason?

7. What conversation does Francis have with Meeks right after Mason dies?

8. Why was Mason Tarwater admitted into a mental institution, and how did he get out?

9. How was Mason Tarwater buried?

10. What is Francis' initial reaction when he meets his cousin, Bishop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the 1960's, the South was completely torn apart into the old and the new with the new desegregation and anti-discrimination laws that transformed the land. How do you see these laws depicted in the story "Everything that Rises Must Converge"? How do Julian and his mother represent the old and new South in the story? What do Julian and his mother fight about most regularly? How do these clashes between Julian and his mother mimic the greater conflicts in Southern society? Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

In the story "Revelation", Mrs. Turpin's favorite past time is organizing groups of people into a hierarchy. First, describe the hierarchy that Mrs. Turpin creates when she is sitting in the doctor's office with Claud. Who is at the top of this ladder? Who is at the bottom? Then, compare / contrast this hierarchy to the hierarchy Mrs. Turpin sees in her final revelation. Who is at the top of this ladder? Who is at the bottom? Finally, describe Mrs. Turpin's emotional reaction to her revelation of Heaven. How do you think this revelation will change the way Mrs. Turpin views the world and the people in it? Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the characters in the story "Wise Blood" have extreme relationships with religion, and religion is easily corrupted by the characters of this story. First, describe the type of religion Motes grew up with as a child. Then, compare / contrast that religion to the religion he started as an adult. Then, choose one character whose life benefited from extreme religion and compare / contrast their relationship with religion to a character whose life was harmed due to extreme religion. In the end, what message do you think O'Connor was sending to her audience about religion? How can you tell? Be sure to include examples from the text to strengthen your arguments.

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