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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. Who is the author that O'Connor says is not a good writer, but his intent should not be judged?
(a) Cardinal Spellman.
(b) Cardinal Hawkins.
(c) Cardinal Mencia.
(d) Cardinal O'Grady.

2. What award did Percy Walker win?
(a) National Book Award.
(b) National Novelist Award.
(c) Regional Book Prize.
(d) Georgia Writers Grant.

3. In what area of the United States do Catholic writers have the burden of regionalism to overcome?
(a) New England.
(b) The Midwest.
(c) The West.
(d) The South.

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

5. What reason did O'Connor give a female student who asked her why she writes?
(a) "Because I'm good at it."
(b) "I can't do anything else."
(c) "I don't write; I create."
(d) "It pays the bills."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did O'Connor present materials from "The Church and the Fiction Writer" during a talk at a college?

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

3. What did O'Connor feel like when she heard about The School Southern Degeneracy?

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

5. What does O'Connor say the serious writer is interested in?

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