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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Writer's Nature, Pages 34-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gardner states in Chapter 1 that Canterbury Tales is a disguised what?
(a) Sermon.
(b) Shakespearean ode.
(c) War poem.
(d) Love poem.

2. Who wrote Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy?
(a) Theodore Dreiser.
(b) Raymond Carver.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

3. What author does Gardner say has a deep misanthropic mistrust in Chapter 1?
(a) Steinbeck.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Bedlow.
(d) Flaubert.

4. What does Gardner state in Chapter 1 that we call a writer who cares more for language than the other elements of fiction?
(a) Bad.
(b) Mannered.
(c) Stylized.
(d) Tedious.

5. In what novel does Levin propose to Kitty, as cited in Chapter 1?
(a) Nicholas Nickleby.
(b) Emma.
(c) Anna Karenina.
(d) Crime and Punishment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who developed the style of the "epiphany story" in The Dubliners?

2. What does Gardner claim is helpful, if it can be kept in partial control, to keep the novelist driven?

3. Gardner refers to boring, worn out language as being what kind of mask?

4. What name does Gardner assign to the teenage daughter whose unknown father moves next door in Chapter 1?

5. Which author does Gardner say has a style at parties to take to the floor at any cost, telling funny stories?

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