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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Teaching of Literature and Total Effect and the Eighth Grade.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does O'Connor say one should do if they want topics?
(a) Read a work of fiction.
(b) Read a newspaper.
(c) Read a biography.
(d) Listen to the radio.

2. O'Connor's friend told her that a bookstore clerk referred to "The Violent Bear It Away" with what title?
(a) The One That Got Away.
(b) The Valiant Bloom Always.
(c) The Bear That Ran Away With It.
(d) The Violets Bear Today.

3. Where was the photographer from who visited O'Connor at her home?
(a) New York.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) St. Louis.

4. O'Connor says belief in what is a hindrance to writers?
(a) The American dream.
(b) Christian dogma.
(c) Good and evil.
(d) God.

5. Who is generally blamed when literature is not studied the right way?
(a) The parents.
(b) The government.
(c) The students.
(d) The teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question did the editorial that challenged O'Connor ask?

2. What country did Henry James like better than America?

3. Who said if you want to write stories not to drive the poor from your doorstep?

4. How old was O'Connor when a photographer visited her in "The King of the Birds"?

5. How did the man selling fence posts get rid of his peafowl?

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