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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. In what year did a college publication print a symposium on the subject of the lack of Catholic writers?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1955.

2. O'Connor is told that some students believe that anything that cannot be done using what is not worth doing?
(a) Figures.
(b) A calculator.
(c) A thesaurus.
(d) Algebra.

3. Which character in fiction is usually disturbing to the reader?
(a) The freak.
(b) The poor man.
(c) The violent woman.
(d) The character who is physically ill.

4. Freedom is of no use without what?
(a) Taste.
(b) Rights.
(c) Justice.
(d) Charm.

5. In what year did O'Connor present materials from "The Church and the Fiction Writer" during a talk at a college?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1957.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name for someone who believes in religious dualism and the freedom of the soul from matter through asceticism?

2. What will always be a Catholic novel's center of destruction?

3. Who said if you want to write stories not to drive the poor from your doorstep?

4. What does O'Connor say has, for all its horror, been found by God to be worth dying for?

5. Who is the author that O'Connor says is not a good writer, but his intent should not be judged?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does O'Connor feel about bestseller lists?

2. What story does O'Connor tell at the beginning of "Catholic Novelists and Their Readers"?

3. Why does O'Connor say the Protestant South is a good place for Catholic writers to write?

4. How does O'Connor feel about literature being taught by way of psychology?

5. Why might a Catholic writer have to include more violence in his work than he is comfortable with?

6. How does O'Connor say that fiction writers and English teachers have common ground?

7. Why might a Catholic novelist feel angst about being both a Catholic and a fiction writer?

8. How does O'Connor say she believes fiction should be taught?

9. What does O'Connor say about absolutes in fiction, particularly religious fiction?

10. When does O'Connor say the greatest dramas occur?

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