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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Writer's Training and Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What psychologist suggests that Jack and the Beanstalk is about penis envy?
(a) Carl Jung.
(b) Bruno Bettelheim.
(c) Madison Thomas.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

2. What is the name of the writer's conference where Gardner has frequently worked with writing assistants?
(a) Bread Loaf.
(b) Silver Mountain.
(c) Peabody.
(d) Last Dinner.

3. Gardner refers to boring, worn out language as being what kind of mask?
(a) Need-for-approval.
(b) Pollyanna.
(c) Dramatic.
(d) Hamlet.

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

5. What name does Gardner assign to the teenage daughter whose unknown father moves next door in Chapter 1?
(a) Laura.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Wanda.
(d) Michelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the writers Gardner notes in Chapter 1 as having both a fine ear for language and also a fascination with the materials?

2. In the world of grants, Gardner writes in Chapter 2, who has a better chance than other artists?

3. The two things that keep the common reader turning the pages, according to Gardner are story or what?

4. In what novel does Levin propose to Kitty, as cited in Chapter 1?

5. What author responded to the question of why she wrote fiction, "Because I'm good at it"?

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