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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 main commitment of famous writers as teachers is what?
(a) The star students.
(b) The poor students.
(c) Their own work.
(d) Their students.

2. What masterpiece of James Joyce does Gardner suggest typing out for language growth in Chapter 1?
(a) "The Dead."
(b) "Finnegan's Wake."
(c) "The Wall."
(d) "Ulysses."

3. Which is one of the great graduate programs for writers that Gardner refers to in Chapter 2?
(a) NYU.
(b) Carnegie Mellon.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Oxford.

4. Which author does Gardner say has a style at parties to take to the floor at any cost, telling funny stories?
(a) Bernard Malamud.
(b) Stanley Elkin.
(c) Joyce Carol Oates.
(d) Truman Capote.

5. Who was the first editor to take interest in Gardner's work?
(a) Bob Gottlieb.
(b) Jack Smith.
(c) James Growder.
(d) Gerald Kimble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Turn of the Screw?

2. Chapter 3 states that getting any letter at all from an editor is a mark of what?

3. What does Gardner say that good fiction starts off in the reader's head?

4. What is the first thing that Gardner states a writer needs to have in Chapter 1?

5. Who wrote Finnegan's Wake?

(see the answer key)

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