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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Faith.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author of Over the Edge does Gardner cite in Chapter 1?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Kurt Vonnegut.
(c) Franz Kafka.
(d) Harlan Ellison.

2. How did ancient poets get around means of survival, if not attaching themselves to kings?
(a) Writing.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Begging.
(d) Farming.

3. Theoretically, there is no need for what in the writer, for children build sand castles and ministers pray over the sick without blockages?
(a) Talent.
(b) Structure.
(c) Writer's block.
(d) Overthinking.

4. 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.

5. When is it incredibly expensive to go back and make revisions?
(a) When characters are established.
(b) After going to print.
(c) After going on the shelves.
(d) After going to the editors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gardner say "breeds success" in Chapter 1?

2. What gang leader and barn burner does Gardner cite in his novel excerpt in Chapter 4?

3. Gardner suggests the young writer get a first-rate freshman composition book such as An American Rhetoric by whom?

4. Who does Gardner suggest writing to for information on reliable agents?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Gardner say the world has far more than it needs?

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