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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Writer's Nature, Pages 34-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author does Gardner say has a deep misanthropic mistrust in Chapter 1?
(a) Dickens.
(b) Steinbeck.
(c) Bedlow.
(d) Flaubert.

2. What anthology of fiction did Gardner publish with a colleague at Chico College?
(a) The Forms of Fiction.
(b) The Life and Times of Chaucer.
(c) Dragon, Dragon, and Other Tales.
(d) The Complete Works of the Gawain Poet.

3. Gardner notes in Chapter 1 that all writing requires some measure of a ____ state.
(a) Fearful.
(b) Brave.
(c) Confident.
(d) Trance.

4. In Chapter 1, Gardner writes, "Though there are exceptions, as a rule the good novelist does not worry primarily about ____ brilliance."
(a) Creative.
(b) Auditory.
(c) Artistic.
(d) Linguistic.

5. What word does Gardner use to mean a phrase is worn out and overused?
(a) Ironic.
(b) Cliche.
(c) Trite.
(d) Sentimental.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does Gardner remark has a persistent mean streak in his writing?

2. Which sci-fi author wrote A Canticle for Liebowitz?

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

4. What masterpiece of James Joyce does Gardner suggest typing out for language growth in Chapter 1?

5. Where did Raymond Carver move to Chico, California from?

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