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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 claims he has been happy writing since the age of what?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

2. Who wrote the book 1984?
(a) George Orwell.
(b) Ray Bradbury.
(c) Thomas Pynchon.
(d) J. D. Salinger.

3. What is one of the philosophers who has maintained that words inevitably distance us from the brute existence, according to Gardner in Chapter 1?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Kierkegaard.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

4. What kind of intelligence does Gardner say is important to the writer in Chapter 1?
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Storyteller's.
(d) Psychological.

5. In Chapter 2, Gardner notes that "The wide range of opinion in a class affords increases the writer's chance of getting a _____."
(a) True response.
(b) Fair hearing.
(c) Opinion.
(d) Full listening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the only programs for funding for writers on the governmental level?

2. Where does Gardner teach workshops, as he claims it has a good program for fiction?

3. What magazine does Gardner suggest for good literary work in Chapter 1?

4. Which author went to Paris and studied with one of the shrewdest writers, Gertrude Stein?

5. What does Gardner say brings together groups of young writers who, even in the absence of superb teachers, can be of help to one another?

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