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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gardner notes in Chapter 1 that all writing requires some measure of a ____ state.
(a) Trance.
(b) Confident.
(c) Brave.
(d) Fearful.

2. What word does Gardner use to mean a phrase is worn out and overused?
(a) Cliche.
(b) Sentimental.
(c) Trite.
(d) Ironic.

3. Gardner states that writers must recognize what element of their task and break down processes into workable segments?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Simplicity.
(c) Complexity.
(d) Virtue.

4. Gardner states that the ending of the novel does not exist where?
(a) In the beginning.
(b) In the outline.
(c) In the characters.
(d) In the ending.

5. What does Gardner claim is helpful, if it can be kept in partial control, to keep the novelist driven?
(a) A tendency to prove himself.
(b) A tendency to drink.
(c) A need for love.
(d) A psychological wound.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what novel does Gardner note the rooftop scene as being one of surprise in Chapter 1?

2. Who is the author of Crime and Punishment?

3. In Chapter 2, what does Gardner say the world has far more than it needs?

4. Gardner compares the first thrill of achievement of the writer to that of an oboist or what?

5. Sometimes friends contribute by praising things that the writer knows are what?

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