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

2. The main commitment of famous writers as teachers is what?
(a) The poor students.
(b) The star students.
(c) Their own work.
(d) Their students.

3. What publishing house did Gardner send Grendel to first?
(a) Penguin.
(b) Simon and Schulster.
(c) Alfred A. Knopf.
(d) Hannigan and Hannigan.

4. Who was the first editor to take interest in Gardner's work?
(a) Gerald Kimble.
(b) Jack Smith.
(c) James Growder.
(d) Bob Gottlieb.

5. Who recommended Gardner at New American Library?
(a) William Gass.
(b) Michael Harper.
(c) Harry Crews.
(d) James Segal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which writer, although thought of as a solitary genius, spent time working in close community with Ford Maddox Ford?

2. If a writer agrees with the notes an editor sends, he should do what with his manuscript?

3. Who is the author of Piers Plowman?

4. Gardner states in Chapter 2 that an individual style is developed as much by resistance as by what?

5. In Chapter 2, Gardner notes that "The wide range of opinion in a class affords increases the writer's chance of getting a _____."

(see the answer key)

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