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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Catholic Novelists and Their Readers and The Catholic Novelist in the Protestant South.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the magazine editorial that challenged American writers say literature lacks?
(a) Energy.
(b) Supernatural elements.
(c) The joy of life.
(d) Violence.

2. O'Connor knew an English teacher who asked students what the moral is to what novel?
(a) Billy Budd.
(b) The Scarlet Letter.
(c) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(d) Moby Dick.

3. What does O'Connor say there are more of in the South than rivers and streams?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Writers.
(c) Preachers.
(d) Critics.

4. What ailment did Dr. Johnson's housekeeper have?
(a) She was blind.
(b) She was arthritic.
(c) She was deaf.
(d) She was missing a leg.

5. What did O'Connor feel like when she heard about The School Southern Degeneracy?
(a) Peter Rabbit.
(b) The Velvetine Rabbit.
(c) The White Rabbit.
(d) Br'er Rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Connor say is a word that sounds good in anyone's mouth that no book jacket can do without?

2. What Christian denomination does O'Connor follow?

3. Who does O'Connor mention wrestles with an angel in the Bible?

4. Who is generally blamed when literature is not studied the right way?

5. Students from what university created a pamphlet in the 1920s?

(see the answer key)

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