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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 does Gardner say that good fiction starts off in the reader's head?
(a) A nightmare.
(b) A continuous dream.
(c) An addiction.
(d) A hunger for more.

2. What literary magazine does Gardner publish?
(a) MSS.
(b) Writer's Weekly.
(c) MRR.
(d) Reader's Digest.

3. According to Gardner, most rejected fiction is rejected because it's not what?
(a) Subversive.
(b) Symbolic.
(c) Good.
(d) Modern enough.

4. Which writer, although thought of as a solitary genius, spent time working in close community with Ford Maddox Ford?
(a) Joseph Conrad.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Stephen Crane.
(d) Henry James.

5. 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?
(a) Accepted.
(b) Enlightened.
(c) Virtuous.
(d) Smart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the great questions of the moment which is addressed in The World According to Garp?

2. What does M.F.A. stand for?

3. What is one of the only programs for funding for writers on the governmental level?

4. Which author does Gardner say has a style at parties to take to the floor at any cost, telling funny stories?

5. What author once remarked "the best way to become a writer is to go off and write"?

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