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

2. Gardner notes in Chapter 1 that Mercutio's madness is fantastic and what?
(a) Ironic.
(b) Justified.
(c) Unbalanced.
(d) Phantasmic.

3. 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?
(a) "Definitely yet."
(b) "God only knows."
(c) "You'll know in time."
(d) "Definitely no."

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

5. With what older colleague did Gardner publish an anthology of fiction at Chico College?
(a) Michael Ewing.
(b) James Fenway.
(c) Lennis Dunlap.
(d) David Wellesley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the writers Gardner notes in Chapter 1 as having both a fine ear for language and also a fascination with the materials?

2. What masterpiece of James Joyce does Gardner suggest typing out for language growth in Chapter 1?

3. What author does Gardner say has a deep misanthropic mistrust in Chapter 1?

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

5. What year did Raymond Carver move to Chico, California?

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