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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 writes in Chapter 1 that if one studies with whom, does he learn that Shakespeare is better than Mickey Spillane?
(a) Dr. Stanley Fish.
(b) Dr. Andrew Dryd.
(c) Dr. Martin Meyer.
(d) Dr. Michael Mortenson.

2. What does Gardner say we call a writer who has less feeling for his characters than we feel they deserve?
(a) Frigid.
(b) Tedious.
(c) Stylized.
(d) Mannered.

3. What is the first thing that Gardner states a writer needs to have in Chapter 1?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Verbal sensitivity.

4. What kind of intelligence does Gardner say is important to the writer in Chapter 1?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Storyteller's.
(d) Philosophical.

5. What year did Raymond Carver move to Chico, California?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author of Over the Edge does Gardner cite in Chapter 1?

2. What is, according to Gardner, the one quality in fiction that cannot be faked?

3. What word does Gardner use to mean a phrase is worn out and overused?

4. Where had John Gardner taught before Chico State College?

5. Gardner states in Chapter 1 that Canterbury Tales is a disguised what?

(see the answer key)

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