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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Writer's Training and Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gardner compares the first thrill of achievement of the writer to that of an oboist or what?
(a) Actor.
(b) Painter.
(c) Gambler.
(d) Pianist.

2. What does Gardner say "breeds success" in Chapter 1?
(a) Dedication.
(b) Persistence.
(c) Connections.
(d) Success.

3. What word does Gardner use to describe that teaching which tends to emphasize theme and design over feeling and authentic narrative?
(a) Amateur.
(b) Inverted.
(c) Developmental.
(d) Workshoppy.

4. What experimental writer does Gardner mention having been moved and delighted by in Chapter 2?
(a) William Glass.
(b) Tom Robbins.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) James Joyce.

5. What year did Raymond Carver move to Chico, California?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Piers Plowman?

2. Of what author does Gardner say his heroes are clown-heroes knocked around by the universe?

3. In Chapter 2, Gardner writes that the "true young novelist has the stamina, patience, and single-mindedness of a" what?

4. What author responded to the question of why she wrote fiction, "Because I'm good at it"?

5. What anthology of fiction did Gardner publish with a colleague at Chico College?

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