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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 does Gardner compare to the floors and structural supports in a fine old mansion in Chapter 1?
(a) Action.
(b) Theme.
(c) Character.
(d) Plot.

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

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

4. What does Gardner say brings together groups of young writers who, even in the absence of superb teachers, can be of help to one another?
(a) Writers' workshops.
(b) Colleges.
(c) Seminars.
(d) Graduate programs.

5. Gardner writes in Chapter 1 that if one studies with whom, does he learn that Shakespeare is better than Mickey Spillane?
(a) Dr. Michael Mortenson.
(b) Dr. Andrew Dryd.
(c) Dr. Stanley Fish.
(d) Dr. Martin Meyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The study of what can give the young writer a clear sense of why our age is so troubled?

2. In what novel does Gardner note the rooftop scene as being one of surprise in Chapter 1?

3. Who is the author of Piers Plowman?

4. Gardner refers to boring, worn out language as being what kind of mask?

5. Gardner writes in Chapter 1 that when the central character is a victim there is no what?

(see the answer key)

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