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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. Where does the manuscript go after the literary editor is finished with it?
(a) Copy editor.
(b) Typesetter.
(c) Publisher.
(d) Author.

2. In the world of grants, Gardner writes in Chapter 2, who has a better chance than other artists?
(a) Painters.
(b) Actors.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Writers.

3. Publishing houses tend to have what, according to Gardner in Chapter 3?
(a) Egotism.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Talent.
(d) Specializations.

4. In Chapter 2, Gardner writes that the "true young novelist has the stamina, patience, and single-mindedness of a" what?
(a) Draft horse.
(b) Mother.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Mule.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Crime and Punishment?

2. In Chapter 2, Gardner writes that writing, "like the study of classical piano, is not practical but _____."

3. Where does the manuscript of a book go after the copy editor is finished with it?

4. Gardner states in Chapter 2 that the first value of a writer's workshop is that it makes the young writer feel not abnormal but what?

5. What book was Gardner writing when he remembered the altered sense coming over him while in the last chapter?

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