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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 writes in Chapter 2 that in the workshop he is teaching he encountered a story which he hopes to publish titled what?
(a) "Tomorrow."
(b) "Exit."
(c) "Jason."
(d) "Thoughts."

2. What author once remarked "the best way to become a writer is to go off and write"?
(a) London.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Fitzgerald.
(d) Ibsen.

3. What literary magazine does Gardner publish?
(a) Writer's Weekly.
(b) MRR.
(c) MSS.
(d) Reader's Digest.

4. What magazine does Gardner suggest for good literary work in Chapter 1?
(a) The London Book Review.
(b) The Londoner.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Reader's Digest.

5. What author of experimental fiction teaches at Rice?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut.
(b) Thomas Pinchon.
(c) Max Apple.
(d) Michael James.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gardner say "breeds success" in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. What does Gardner compare to the floors and structural supports in a fine old mansion in Chapter 1?

5. Who wrote Bartelby the Scrivener?

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