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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Publication and Survival.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Garner always wear, according to Raymond Carver in the Forward?
(a) A black suit.
(b) A brown suit.
(c) A gray suit.
(d) A gray fedora.

2. What was Gardner's first wife's name?
(a) Nora.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Joan.
(d) Emily.

3. Gardner states that the effective writer leads the reader into a continuous what?
(a) Dream.
(b) Characterization.
(c) Story line.
(d) Trance.

4. Which author does Gardner say has a style at parties to take to the floor at any cost, telling funny stories?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) Bernard Malamud.
(c) Joyce Carol Oates.
(d) Stanley Elkin.

5. Which sci-fi author wrote A Canticle for Liebowitz?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut.
(b) J.D. Salinger.
(c) Walter M. Miller, Jr.
(d) Jack Humphries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the honest answer to the question most young writer's ask of "Do I have what it takes to be a writer?" according to Gardner?

2. What does Gardner cite as one of the most respected publishers of novels?

3. Who wrote Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy?

4. Which writer, although thought of as a solitary genius, spent time working in close community with Ford Maddox Ford?

5. What other author did Herman Melville have among his circle of friends?

(see the answer key)

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