View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the favorite survival jobs of writers has in recent years been what?
(a) Office clerks.
(b) High school teaching.
(c) Night auditing.
(d) College teaching.

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

3. What is the honest answer to the question most young writer's ask of "Do I have what it takes to be a writer?" according to Gardner?
(a) "Definitely yet."
(b) "Definitely no."
(c) "God only knows."
(d) "You'll know in time."

4. What does M.F.A. stand for?
(a) Master of Formal Academy.
(b) Master of Formal Architecture.
(c) Master of Fulton Academy.
(d) Master of Fine Arts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gardner states in Chapter 3 that for a young novelist, an agent is all but what?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 1, Gardner writes that one is unable to write for everyone, "try to win the audience both of Saul Bellow and" whom?

4. What organization does Gardner suggest for help in locating good teachers, advice on fellowships, etc.?

5. Gardner claims he has been happy writing since the age of what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 229 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample