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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Writer's Nature, Pages 1-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word does Gardner use to mean a phrase is worn out and overused?
(a) Trite.
(b) Cliche.
(c) Ironic.
(d) Sentimental.

3. In Chapter 1, Gardner writes that one is unable to write for everyone, "try to win the audience both of Saul Bellow and" whom?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Stephen King.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Anton Chekhov.

4. The two things that keep the common reader turning the pages, according to Gardner are story or what?
(a) Mood.
(b) Argument.
(c) Character.
(d) Theme.

5. What is the first thing that Gardner states a writer needs to have in Chapter 1?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Verbal sensitivity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gardner say "breeds success" in Chapter 1?

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

4. Who wrote Finnegan's Wake?

5. What is the honest answer to the question most young writer's ask of "Do I have what it takes to be a writer?" according to Gardner?

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