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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fiction Writer & His Country, Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction and The Regional Writer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What possession of O'Connor's mom did the peafowl eat systematically?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Bread loaves.
(c) Pets.
(d) Shoes.

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

3. Where was Faulkner at home?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Savannah.
(d) New York.

4. Who is the Dixie Limited?
(a) Welty.
(b) Twain.
(c) Capote.
(d) Faulkner.

5. What sort of eyes did O'Connor prefer chickens to have?
(a) One big and one little.
(b) Very small and oval-shaped.
(c) One green and one orange.
(d) A shade of light blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Connor says causes Southerners anguish?

2. What did an old woman cry when she finally saw the tail on O'Connor's peacock?

3. According to O'Connor, what do Northern authors consider everything written by Southerners?

4. In what magazine did O'Connor read an editorial challenging her and other writers?

5. What did O'Connor say her peafowl would eat?

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