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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Faith.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gardner writes that one editor insisted on changing his punctuation based on some rule he learned where?
(a) Yale.
(b) Rutgers.
(c) Columbia.
(d) NYU.

2. Which writer, although thought of as a solitary genius, spent time working in close community with Ford Maddox Ford?
(a) Stephen Crane.
(b) Joseph Conrad.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Henry James.

3. What author of Over the Edge does Gardner cite in Chapter 1?
(a) Harlan Ellison.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Kurt Vonnegut.
(d) Franz Kafka.

4. In Chapter 1, Gardner states that "In a literary culture where the very notion of a 'masterpiece' is commonly thought" what?
(a) Barbaric.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Immature.
(d) Impossible.

5. What does Gardner say that the question of "do you write with a pen, a typewriter, or what?" is really talking about?
(a) Faith.
(b) Writer's block.
(c) Ink.
(d) Editing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which manuscript did Gardner send out which got a reply suggesting he cut it by a third?

2. Gardner writes in Chapter 1 that if one studies with whom, does he learn that Shakespeare is better than Mickey Spillane?

3. What does Gardner compare to the floors and structural supports in a fine old mansion in Chapter 1?

4. What organization does Gardner suggest for help in locating good teachers, advice on fellowships, etc.?

5. Chapter 3 states that getting any letter at all from an editor is a mark of what?

(see the answer key)

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