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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Writer's Training and Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gardner states in Chapter 2 that an individual style is developed as much by resistance as by what?
(a) Contortion.
(b) Emulation.
(c) Malleability.
(d) Adjustment.

2. In Chapter 2, Gardner writes that writing, "like the study of classical piano, is not practical but _____."
(a) Aristocratic.
(b) Superfluous.
(c) Impulsive.
(d) Immediate.

3. In Chapter 2, Gardner states, "A writer does not become better by being ____."
(a) Pandered to.
(b) Scorned.
(c) Beaten.
(d) Adored.

4. Gardner states that in the works of Shakespeare, language always serves character and what?
(a) Wit.
(b) Action.
(c) Aesthetic.
(d) Irony.

5. What does Gardner state in Chapter 1 that we call a writer who cares more for language than the other elements of fiction?
(a) Mannered.
(b) Bad.
(c) Tedious.
(d) Stylized.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gardner compares the first thrill of achievement of the writer to that of an oboist or what?

2. Who is the author of Piers Plowman?

3. The two things that keep the common reader turning the pages, according to Gardner are story or what?

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

5. What did Garner always wear, according to Raymond Carver in the Forward?

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