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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 is cited as the head of the writing program at Johns Hopkins and favors new and strange styles?
(a) William Glass.
(b) Kurt Vonnegut.
(c) Max Apple.
(d) John Barth.

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

3. What are the long pages from the typesetter, marked up by the proofreader for typographical errors?
(a) Novel-preform.
(b) Galleys.
(c) Script.
(d) Manuscript.

4. To whose poetry and prose had Gardner made allusions to in the novel Grendel?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Percy Shelley.

5. Who is the author of Piers Plowman?
(a) Miller.
(b) Langland.
(c) Salinger.
(d) Joyce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of All the King's Men?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Gardner say the world has far more than it needs?

3. Where did David Segal go after New American Library?

4. What is the name of the man who moves next door to his teenage daughter in Gardner's hypothetical story in Chapter 1?

5. Gardner writes that authors are almost never satisfied with the ____ job their publishers do.

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