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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction to A Memoir of Mary Ann.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did O'Connor say her peafowl would eat?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Startena.
(c) Cat food.
(d) Flowers.

2. O'Connor became frustrated because the writing students she addressed were looking for what?
(a) A formula.
(b) To copy the British.
(c) A mentor.
(d) Advice.

3. What does O'Connor say fiction should deal with?
(a) Reality.
(b) Vague concepts.
(c) History.
(d) The subconscious.

4. Where is the home where the deformed girl lived with nuns located?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Savannah.

5. O'Connor mentions instances where parents from what state object to their child's reading assignments?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Florida.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What writer does O'Connor say is an exception to the fact that Southern writers are not successfully cosmopolitan in fiction?

2. What is the nickname for the South?

3. When does O'Connor say humanity lost its innocence?

4. How does O'Connor describe the photo a nun sent her of a deformed girl?

5. In what month did O'Connor receive a manuscript from nuns who had written about a deformed girl?

(see the answer key)

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