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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which manuscript did Gardner send out which got a reply suggesting he cut it by a third?
(a) The Wreckage of Agathon.
(b) The Resurrection.
(c) The Sunlight Dialogues.
(d) Grendel.

2. What author once remarked "the best way to become a writer is to go off and write"?
(a) Ibsen.
(b) Fitzgerald.
(c) London.
(d) Hemingway.

3. In what novel does Levin propose to Kitty, as cited in Chapter 1?
(a) Crime and Punishment.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) Emma.
(d) Nicholas Nickleby.

4. Young novelists who are blocked should write what to get practice in the basic forms of storytelling?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Memoirs.
(c) Poems.
(d) Short stories.

5. What are the long pages from the typesetter, marked up by the proofreader for typographical errors?
(a) Galleys.
(b) Novel-preform.
(c) Manuscript.
(d) Script.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gardner writes of his poem in Chapter 4 as one which began about a what?

2. What does Gardner state in Chapter 1 that we call a writer who cares more for language than the other elements of fiction?

3. What does Gardner cite as one of the most respected publishers of novels?

4. Gardner states in Chapter 3 that for a young novelist, an agent is all but what?

5. Language is not _____ and often drives the writer to meanings that he does not know are coming.

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