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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 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) Tedious.
(c) Stylized.
(d) Bad.

2. In Chapter 2, Gardner writes that writing, "like the study of classical piano, is not practical but _____."
(a) Superfluous.
(b) Impulsive.
(c) Aristocratic.
(d) Immediate.

3. What other author did Herman Melville have among his circle of friends?
(a) Hawthorne.
(b) London.
(c) Conrad.
(d) Joyce.

4. Chapter 3 states that getting any letter at all from an editor is a mark of what?
(a) Ability.
(b) Luck.
(c) Interest.
(d) Quality.

5. What does Gardner cite as one of the most respected publishers of novels?
(a) Simon and Schuster.
(b) Penguin.
(c) Harper and Row.
(d) Alfred A. Knopf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the manuscript go after the literary editor is finished with it?

2. Gardner writes in Chapter 1 that if one studies with whom, does he learn that Shakespeare is better than Mickey Spillane?

3. Gardner describes writing as less a profession than a ____, a "way," an alternative to "ordinary life-in-the-world."

4. What does Gardner say we call a writer who has less feeling for his characters than we feel they deserve?

5. How did ancient poets get around means of survival, if not attaching themselves to kings?

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