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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gardner suggests the young writer get a first-rate freshman composition book such as An American Rhetoric by whom?
(a) Michael A. Morris.
(b) James A. Richards.
(c) W. W. Watt.
(d) Stuart Waterman.

2. Gardner states that the "magic moment" of a writer has nothing to do with theme or what?
(a) Action.
(b) Character.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Plot.

3. What is one of the most important things for a young writer to have, according to Gardner in Chapter 2?
(a) Religion.
(b) Family.
(c) Ego.
(d) Community.

4. Letters to publishing houses should ideally be addressed to whom?
(a) Any editor.
(b) The assistant editor.
(c) A particular editor.
(d) The head editor.

5. Gardner states in Chapter 3 that one should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of whom?
(a) Writers.
(b) Editors.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Poets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which writer, although thought of as a solitary genius, spent time working in close community with Ford Maddox Ford?

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

3. What does Gardner say that the question of "do you write with a pen, a typewriter, or what?" is really talking about?

4. What does M.F.A. stand for?

5. Who was the first editor to take interest in Gardner's work?

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