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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sometimes when stuck, one should work on something else, such as what?
(a) Another novel.
(b) A journal.
(c) The outline.
(d) Fishing.

2. Of which writer does Gardner say, "the brilliant language with which he describes a minor character cannot help but suggest that the words he chooses are more important to him than the token secretary behind the desk"?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) John Updike.
(d) Dylan Thomas.

3. If a writer agrees with the notes an editor sends, he should do what with his manuscript?
(a) Revise it.
(b) Ask another opinion.
(c) Send it elsewhere.
(d) Burn it.

4. Gardner writes in Chapter 3, "Young writers want to ____ because they're unsure of themselves."
(a) Publish.
(b) Read.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Study.

5. Who is the author of Death in Venice?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Clifford Odets.
(c) Thomas Mann.
(d) Herman Melville.

Short Answer Questions

1. What psychologist suggests that Jack and the Beanstalk is about penis envy?

2. What is the first thing that Gardner states a writer needs to have in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 1, Gardner writes, "Though there are exceptions, as a rule the good novelist does not worry primarily about ____ brilliance."

4. With what older colleague did Gardner publish an anthology of fiction at Chico College?

5. What author responded to the question of why she wrote fiction, "Because I'm good at it"?

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