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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As when learning to bicycle, writer should take one thing at a time: perfect a passage of description, then a passage of dialog, then move to the larger units of what?
(a) Scenes.
(b) Poems.
(c) Novels.
(d) Short stories.

2. Gardner compares Melville's Moby Dick with what in Chapter 1?
(a) Omoo.
(b) Anna Karanina.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) Emma.

3. Gardner notes in Chapter 3 that all second-rate stories tend to do what?
(a) Get acclaim.
(b) Get rejected.
(c) Get published.
(d) Sound alike.

4. Gardner states that the effective writer leads the reader into a continuous what?
(a) Story line.
(b) Characterization.
(c) Dream.
(d) Trance.

5. Gardner writes in Chapter 2 that in the workshop he is teaching he encountered a story which he hopes to publish titled what?
(a) "Jason."
(b) "Thoughts."
(c) "Tomorrow."
(d) "Exit."

Short Answer Questions

1. In the world of grants, Gardner writes in Chapter 2, who has a better chance than other artists?

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

3. What anthology of fiction did Gardner publish with a colleague at Chico College?

4. In what novel does Gardner note the rooftop scene as being one of surprise in Chapter 1?

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

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