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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what does Gardner say the world has far more than it needs?
(a) Publishers.
(b) Authors.
(c) Editors.
(d) Writing teachers.

3. As when learning to bicycle, writer should take one thing at a time: perfect a passage of description, then a passage of dialog, then move to the larger units of what?
(a) Scenes.
(b) Poems.
(c) Novels.
(d) Short stories.

4. What magazine does Gardner suggest for good literary work in Chapter 1?
(a) The London Book Review.
(b) The Reader's Digest.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Londoner.

5. What psychologist suggests that Jack and the Beanstalk is about penis envy?
(a) Bruno Bettelheim.
(b) Madison Thomas.
(c) Carl Jung.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of intelligence does Gardner say is important to the writer in Chapter 1?

2. Where is one of the oldest and best known writing workshops?

3. What does Gardner compare to the floors and structural supports in a fine old mansion in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 1, Gardner states that "In a literary culture where the very notion of a 'masterpiece' is commonly thought" what?

5. Gardner notes in Chapter 1 that all writing requires some measure of a ____ state.

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