Q 01/05

Flannery O'Connor's fiction is the best-known example of which literary style?

A) Transcendentalism

B) Southern Gothic

C) Beat literature

D) Naturalism

Answer · why

B) Southern Gothic

She said anything from the South gets called grotesque by Northern readers, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is called realistic.

Q 02/05

In which Georgia city was Flannery O'Connor born in 1925?

A) Atlanta

B) Savannah

C) Macon

D) Augusta

Answer · why

B) Savannah

Her childhood home on Lafayette Square is now a museum.

Q 03/05

How many novels did Flannery O'Connor publish in her lifetime?

A) One

B) Two

C) Four

D) Six

Answer · why

B) Two

She wrote 31 short stories, which are the core of her reputation.

Q 04/05

Which disease, inherited from her father, killed O'Connor at 39?

A) Tuberculosis

B) Lupus

C) Leukaemia

D) Multiple sclerosis

Answer · why

B) Lupus

She lived twelve years after diagnosis, seven more than doctors expected.

Q 05/05

How many acres does O'Connor's Andalusia estate comprise?

A) 600

B) 544

C) 800

D) 1,200

Answer · why

B) 544

Her mother inherited it jointly with her brother; it was a working dairy farm when they moved in.