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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 is the name of the man who moves next door to his teenage daughter in Gardner's hypothetical story in Chapter 1?
(a) Frank.
(b) Bob.
(c) James.
(d) Bill.

2. What is one of the great questions of the moment which is addressed in The World According to Garp?
(a) Race relations.
(b) Environment.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Globalization.

3. Which title does Raymond Carver say is the only one he recalls of John Gardner's manuscripts in the Forward?
(a) Grendel.
(b) The Life and Times of Chaucer.
(c) The King's Indian.
(d) Nickel Mountain.

4. Gardner claims in Chapter 3 that rejection by an agent means more than rejection by a what?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Editor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Lawyer.

5. Which is one of the great graduate programs for writers that Gardner refers to in Chapter 2?
(a) Oxford.
(b) NYU.
(c) Carnegie Mellon.
(d) Stanford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What experimental writer does Gardner mention having been moved and delighted by in Chapter 2?

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

3. What word does Gardner use to describe that teaching which tends to emphasize theme and design over feeling and authentic narrative?

4. Gardner states that in the works of Shakespeare, language always serves character and what?

5. The main commitment of famous writers as teachers is what?

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