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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Publication and Survival.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The two things that keep the common reader turning the pages, according to Gardner are story or what?
(a) Character.
(b) Theme.
(c) Mood.
(d) Argument.

2. What does Gardner cite as one of the most respected publishers of novels?
(a) Harper and Row.
(b) Simon and Schuster.
(c) Alfred A. Knopf.
(d) Penguin.

3. In Chapter 2, what does Gardner say the world has far more than it needs?
(a) Publishers.
(b) Writing teachers.
(c) Authors.
(d) Editors.

4. What are the long pages from the typesetter, marked up by the proofreader for typographical errors?
(a) Manuscript.
(b) Novel-preform.
(c) Script.
(d) Galleys.

5. Which philosopher maintained that nothing a writer writes means anything, "all the words are a lunatic blithering," since all language is by nature false and misleading?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Plato.
(c) Kant.
(d) Heidegger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author does Gardner say has a style at parties to take to the floor at any cost, telling funny stories?

2. What does Gardner claim is helpful, if it can be kept in partial control, to keep the novelist driven?

3. Who developed the style of the "epiphany story" in The Dubliners?

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

5. Whose disguise in Jane Eyre does Gardner comment on as surprising in Chapter 1?

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