On Becoming a Novelist Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Mid-Book Test (up to Chapter 2, The Writer's Training and Education)

This test consists of 5 multiple choice, 5 short answer, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Who wrote Bartelby the Scrivener?
a) Thomas Mann.
b) Herman Melville.
c) Ernest Hemingway.
d) James Joyce.

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

3. Who is the author of The Turn of the Screw?
a) James Joyce.
b) Henry Melville.
c) Dylan Thomas.
d) Henry James.

4. What is the honest answer to the question most young writer's ask of "Do I have what it takes to be a writer?" according to Gardner?
a) "You'll...
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