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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Legend has it that St. Francis converted what?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A bear.
(d) A snake.
2. What is the nickname for the South?
(a) The Bible Belt.
(b) The Bible District.
(c) The Bible Area.
(d) The Bible Layer.
3. Who said if you want to write stories not to drive the poor from your doorstep?
(a) Garrison.
(b) Kipling.
(c) Melville.
(d) Whitman.
4. Which Steinbeck novel in O'Connor's examples did parents seem to object to?
(a) Cannery Row.
(b) Tortilla Flats.
(c) East of Eden.
(d) Of Mice and Men.
5. Who does O'Connor say acts as a middleman between readers and writers?
(a) Sociologists.
(b) Psychologists.
(c) Students.
(d) Teachers.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who said that the morality of a piece of fiction depends on the amount of "felt life" that was in it?
2. What family member of O'Connor's reviewed her novel for her high school class?
3. What must a writer's moral sense coincide with?
4. What is the name of O'Connor's posthumous book of stories?
5. O'Connor says a society is understood by what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does O'Connor say about being specific in her writing?
2. When does O'Connor say the greatest dramas occur?
3. What does O'Connor say should be the result of the proper study of literature?
4. Why does O'Connor say the Protestant South is a good place for Catholic writers to write?
5. Describe the God that O'Connor says she believes in.
6. Why might a Catholic writer have to include more violence in his work than he is comfortable with?
7. How does O'Connor feel about literature being taught by way of psychology?
8. How does O'Connor respond to those who say that Catholics cannot be artists?
9. How does O'Connor say she believes fiction should be taught?
10. What does O'Connor say about her book when she reviews it for class?
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