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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 story of Robert Penn Warren's did Raymond Carver read in Gardner's class at Chico State College?
(a) "Ulysses."
(b) "Blackberry Winter."
(c) "Last of the Mohicans."
(d) "To Have and Have Not."

2. What author of Over the Edge does Gardner cite in Chapter 1?
(a) Harlan Ellison.
(b) Kurt Vonnegut.
(c) Franz Kafka.
(d) James Joyce.

3. Where did Raymond Carver move to Chico, California from?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Washington.
(d) Wyoming.

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

5. What was Gardner's first wife's name?
(a) Joan.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Nora.
(d) Emily.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Gardner states that in the works of Shakespeare, language always serves character and what?

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

5. What does Gardner state in Chapter 1 that we call a writer who cares more for language than the other elements of fiction?

(see the answer key)

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