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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. Where did Raymond Carver move to Chico, California from?
(a) Washington.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Wyoming.

2. The study of what can give the young writer a clear sense of why our age is so troubled?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) English.
(c) Philology.
(d) Drama.

3. What did Garner always wear, according to Raymond Carver in the Forward?
(a) A brown suit.
(b) A gray suit.
(c) A gray fedora.
(d) A black suit.

4. Gardner states in Chapter 2 that the first value of a writer's workshop is that it makes the young writer feel not abnormal but what?
(a) Smart.
(b) Virtuous.
(c) Accepted.
(d) Enlightened.

5. Gardner states that in the works of Shakespeare, language always serves character and what?
(a) Action.
(b) Aesthetic.
(c) Irony.
(d) Wit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the writers Gardner notes in Chapter 1 as having both a fine ear for language and also a fascination with the materials?

2. Who wrote the book 1984?

3. In the world of grants, Gardner writes in Chapter 2, who has a better chance than other artists?

4. Who is the author of Crime and Punishment?

5. Gardner notes in Chapter 3 that all second-rate stories tend to do what?

(see the answer key)

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