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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 states that writers must recognize what element of their task and break down processes into workable segments?
(a) Simplicity.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Complexity.

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

3. Writers after the apprentice stage must realize that writing does not get easier, because one does what?
(a) Takes on harder projects.
(b) Has more respect.
(c) Becomes more talented.
(d) Needs more supervision.

4. Who is the author of Crime and Punishment?
(a) Flannagan.
(b) Nabokov.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Joyce.

5. Where had John Gardner taught before Chico State College?
(a) DePaul University.
(b) University of Ohio.
(c) Oberlin College.
(d) New York University.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gardner claims he has been happy writing since the age of what?

3. Which author does Gardner state had "gazelle eyes" which dominated the room in Chapter 1?

4. Gardner writes in Chapter 4, "In magic as in other things, ____ brings success."

5. What author of Over the Edge does Gardner cite in Chapter 1?

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