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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. How much was a pair of peafowl that O'Connor saw in the paper?
(a) $30.
(b) $150.
(c) $20.
(d) $65.

2. What did the schoolchildren who visited O'Connor's farm call the peacock's smaller, gray tail?
(a) Underwear.
(b) Tripod.
(c) Mini-tail.
(d) Gray hairs.

3. What does O'Connor think every writer would like to think of himself as?
(a) A realist.
(b) An original.
(c) An artist.
(d) A genius.

4. What did the photographer come to O'Connor's home to film?
(a) The Gothic Revival style of the home.
(b) A prize-winning pig.
(c) A chicken.
(d) O'Connor.

5. What item of clothing did Colonel Eggbert wear?
(a) A jumper.
(b) A blouse.
(c) A top hat.
(d) A pique coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. When will a peacock regrow his feathers once he sheds?

2. What is O'Connor's advice for writers who do not want to be regional?

3. What type of people does O'Connor say Southerners can recognize?

4. Thomas Mann said that the grotesque is what style?

5. Who was O'Connor told should be the model of balance for the novelist?

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