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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 suggests that the dazzling poetry of Mercutio's Queen Mab speech is not the same poetry that who speaks?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Petrucio.
(d) Juliet.

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

3. What is the name of the man who moves next door to his teenage daughter in Gardner's hypothetical story in Chapter 1?
(a) Frank.
(b) Bob.
(c) James.
(d) Bill.

4. Which author wrote A Tale of Two Cities?
(a) Steinbeck.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Melville.
(d) Bedlow.

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. 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?

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

3. What experimental writer does Gardner mention having been moved and delighted by in Chapter 2?

4. What story of Robert Penn Warren's did Raymond Carver read in Gardner's class at Chico State College?

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

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