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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. Who developed the style of the "epiphany story" in The Dubliners?
(a) Conrad.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Joyce.
(d) McKinley.

2. Gardner notes in Chapter 3 that all second-rate stories tend to do what?
(a) Get acclaim.
(b) Get published.
(c) Get rejected.
(d) Sound alike.

3. What does Gardner cite as one of the most respected publishers of novels?
(a) Simon and Schuster.
(b) Penguin.
(c) Harper and Row.
(d) Alfred A. Knopf.

4. Where is one of the oldest and best known writing workshops?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Kansas.
(d) New Hampshire.

5. What author of experimental fiction teaches at Rice?
(a) Thomas Pinchon.
(b) Kurt Vonnegut.
(c) Max Apple.
(d) Michael James.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gardner writes in Chapter 3, "Young writers want to ____ because they're unsure of themselves."

2. Where does the manuscript go after the literary editor is finished with it?

3. Gardner states in Chapter 3 that a writer has to go far out of his way to turn his what against him?

4. Who is the author of The Turn of the Screw?

5. What is one of the most important things for a young writer to have, according to Gardner in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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