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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of reader does O'Connor say "for all practical purposes" no longer exists?

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

3. What book does O'Connor say is not well written but the author should not be judged by his intent?

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

5. What does O'Connor think English teachers can help change?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is the fiction writer vulnerable to public criticism?

4. What does O'Connor say about being specific in her writing?

5. How does O'Connor respond to those who say that Catholics cannot be artists?

6. What does O'Connor say about "The Foundling" written by Cardinal Spellman?

7. What does O'Connor say to those who say that Catholics are too restrained by their rigorous Catholic education to write creatively?

8. What does O'Connor say about her book when she reviews it for class?

9. What problem does O'Connor say Catholic writers face?

10. What does O'Connor say should be the result of the proper study of literature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does O'Connor say about being labeled a Southern writer? Does she feel that it is beneficial to wear this label? What problems does she run into because she is labeled a Southern writer? Based on her tone, how does she seem to feel about how those writing in the South are perceived to always be writing about the South?

Essay Topic 2

Explore O'Connor's view of the short story. How does she say a short story is just like a novel? What does she say a short story requires? What are many short stories missing? Why do you think she holds the short story in such high esteem? What can it accomplish that a novel cannot?

Essay Topic 3

Explore the benefits O'Connor says come from being a Georgia writer. What limitations might be established by calling oneself a Georgia writer? What do you think O'Connor means when she says the limitations are a gateway to reality? How does regionalism relate to reality? What does she say about writers who have a sense of community?

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