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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. Who is cited as the head of the writing program at Johns Hopkins and favors new and strange styles?
(a) John Barth.
(b) Max Apple.
(c) William Glass.
(d) Kurt Vonnegut.

2. What organization does Gardner suggest for help in locating good teachers, advice on fellowships, etc.?
(a) Poets & Writers.
(b) ACII.
(c) MFA programs.
(d) New Yorker.

3. 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) Plato.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Heidegger.
(d) Kant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gardner notes in Chapter 1 that Mercutio's madness is fantastic and what?

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

3. Where had John Gardner taught before Chico State College?

4. What does Gardner state in Chapter 1 that we call a writer who cares more for language than the other elements of fiction?

5. In Chapter 3, Gardner writes, "One hears the complaint that conferences lead to a kind of writer ____."

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