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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Faith.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the manuscript go after the literary editor is finished with it?
(a) Publisher.
(b) Author.
(c) Typesetter.
(d) Copy editor.

2. Gardner notes in Chapter 1 that Mercutio's madness is fantastic and what?
(a) Phantasmic.
(b) Ironic.
(c) Justified.
(d) Unbalanced.

3. Gardner states that the effective writer leads the reader into a continuous what?
(a) Trance.
(b) Story line.
(c) Dream.
(d) Characterization.

4. Gardner describes writing as less a profession than a ____, a "way," an alternative to "ordinary life-in-the-world."
(a) Enlightenment.
(b) Hobby.
(c) Yoga.
(d) Skill.

5. The narration of Gardner's novel excerpt in Chapter 4 follows the character of whom?
(a) Jeremy Ross.
(b) Jack Ruston.
(c) James Page.
(d) John Smith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What painter does Gardner remark in Chapter 1 never sold a painting in his life?

3. 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?

4. What author does Gardner say has a deep misanthropic mistrust in Chapter 1?

5. Fiction must begin with a rough sketch of characters and behaviors and then is gradually what?

(see the answer key)

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