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

2. What anthology of fiction did Gardner publish with a colleague at Chico College?
(a) Dragon, Dragon, and Other Tales.
(b) The Forms of Fiction.
(c) The Complete Works of the Gawain Poet.
(d) The Life and Times of Chaucer.

3. Gardner writes in Chapter 1 that if one studies with whom, does he learn that Shakespeare is better than Mickey Spillane?
(a) Dr. Stanley Fish.
(b) Dr. Martin Meyer.
(c) Dr. Andrew Dryd.
(d) Dr. Michael Mortenson.

4. What does Gardner compare to the floors and structural supports in a fine old mansion in Chapter 1?
(a) Character.
(b) Plot.
(c) Theme.
(d) Action.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which title does Raymond Carver say is the only one he recalls of John Gardner's manuscripts in the Forward?

2. Who is the author of The Turn of the Screw?

3. What painter does Gardner remark in Chapter 1 never sold a painting in his life?

4. What is the name of the man who moves next door to his teenage daughter in Gardner's hypothetical story in Chapter 1?

5. Which author does Gardner state had "gazelle eyes" which dominated the room in Chapter 1?

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