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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. What is the name of the writer's conference where Gardner has frequently worked with writing assistants?
(a) Silver Mountain.
(b) Bread Loaf.
(c) Peabody.
(d) Last Dinner.

2. The study of what can give the young writer a clear sense of why our age is so troubled?
(a) Drama.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Philology.
(d) English.

3. Which author does Gardner say has a style at parties to take to the floor at any cost, telling funny stories?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) Joyce Carol Oates.
(c) Bernard Malamud.
(d) Stanley Elkin.

4. What did Garner always wear, according to Raymond Carver in the Forward?
(a) A gray fedora.
(b) A gray suit.
(c) A brown suit.
(d) A black suit.

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) Tedious.
(b) Stylized.
(c) Bad.
(d) Mannered.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what older colleague did Gardner publish an anthology of fiction at Chico College?

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

3. What kind of intelligence does Gardner say is important to the writer in Chapter 1?

4. What does Gardner claim is helpful, if it can be kept in partial control, to keep the novelist driven?

5. What name does Gardner assign to the teenage daughter whose unknown father moves next door in Chapter 1?

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