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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Church and the Fiction Writer and Novelist and Believer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to O'Connor, what do Northern authors consider everything written by Southerners?
(a) Grotesque.
(b) Simplistic.
(c) Religious.
(d) Sappy.

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

3. What does O'Connor refer to as a "complete dramatic action"?
(a) A movement.
(b) A story.
(c) A novel.
(d) A scene.

4. According to O'Connor, how is Redemption gained?
(a) Through Christ's birth.
(b) Through Christ's life.
(c) Through Christ's resurrection.
(d) Through Christ's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does O'Connor say acts as a middleman between readers and writers?

2. What must a writer's moral sense coincide with?

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

4. O'Connor presented materials from "The Church and the Fiction Writer" during a talk at what college?

5. Which Steinbeck novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?

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