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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. In Chapter 3, Gardner writes, "One hears the complaint that conferences lead to a kind of writer ____."
(a) Ego-stroking.
(b) Incest.
(c) Promotion.
(d) Sniveling.

2. Who is the author of Death in Venice?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Herman Melville.
(c) Clifford Odets.
(d) Thomas Mann.

3. In Chapter 2, Gardner writes that writing, "like the study of classical piano, is not practical but _____."
(a) Immediate.
(b) Aristocratic.
(c) Superfluous.
(d) Impulsive.

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

5. Gardner notes in Chapter 1 that all writing requires some measure of a ____ state.
(a) Confident.
(b) Trance.
(c) Brave.
(d) Fearful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gardner notes in Chapter 3 that all second-rate stories tend to do what?

2. Who wrote Divine Comedy?

3. What author does Gardner say was known to arrive at a party and sit for ten minutes or more staring at guests and not answering when people addressed him in Chapter1?

4. What magazine does Gardner suggest for good literary work in Chapter 1?

5. Gardner compares Melville's Moby Dick with what in Chapter 1?

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