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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Writer's Nature, Pages 34-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy?
(a) Raymond Carver.
(b) Theodore Dreiser.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) William Faulkner.

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

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

4. Which title does Raymond Carver say is the only one he recalls of John Gardner's manuscripts in the Forward?
(a) Grendel.
(b) The Life and Times of Chaucer.
(c) Nickel Mountain.
(d) The King's Indian.

5. Gardner states in Chapter 1 that Canterbury Tales is a disguised what?
(a) Love poem.
(b) Sermon.
(c) War poem.
(d) Shakespearean ode.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Garner always wear, according to Raymond Carver in the Forward?

3. Which author wrote A Tale of Two Cities?

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

5. Gardner notes in Chapter 1 that Mercutio's madness is fantastic and what?

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