On Becoming a Novelist Quiz

John Gardner

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does M.F.A. stand for? (from Chapter 2, The Writer's Training and Education)

Master of Formal Architecture.

Master of Formal Academy.

Master of Fulton Academy.

Master of Fine Arts.

2.

In Chapter 2, what does Gardner say the world has far more than it needs? (from Chapter 2, The Writer's Training and Education)

Authors.

Editors.

Writing teachers.

Publishers.

3.

What word does Gardner use to describe that teaching which tends to emphasize theme and design over feeling and authentic narrative? (from Chapter 2, The Writer's Training and Education)

Developmental.

Workshoppy.

Inverted.

Amateur.

4.

What teacher and poet is quoted as saying, "My object is to catch right now what will embarrass my students when they look at their poetry ten years from now"? (from Chapter 2, The Writer's Training and Education)

Dave Smith.

Robert Frost.

Julia Roberts.

Allen Ginsberg.

5.

What is one of the great questions of the moment which is addressed in The World According to Garp? (from Chapter 3, Publication and Survival)

Globalization.

Feminism.

Race relations.

Environment.

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