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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. Which author does Gardner state had "gazelle eyes" which dominated the room in Chapter 1?
(a) Joyce Carol Oates.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Anthony Trollope.
(d) James Joyce.

2. 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) "You'll know in time."
(c) "Definitely no."
(d) "God only knows."

3. What psychologist suggests that Jack and the Beanstalk is about penis envy?
(a) Madison Thomas.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Bruno Bettelheim.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

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

5. Who is the author of Crime and Punishment?
(a) Flannagan.
(b) Joyce.
(c) Nabokov.
(d) Dostoevsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author wrote A Tale of Two Cities?

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

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

4. Who wrote Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy?

5. In what novel does Levin propose to Kitty, as cited in Chapter 1?

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