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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Gardner writes that the "true young novelist has the stamina, patience, and single-mindedness of a" what?
(a) Mule.
(b) Mother.
(c) Draft horse.
(d) Elephant.

2. Faith comes partly from the support of friends, partly from the writer's "selfless love of his art," and partly from reading favorite writers to see how they have done what?
(a) Managed characters.
(b) Played with words.
(c) Revised their text.
(d) Gotten their own faith.

3. What is, according to Gardner, the one quality in fiction that cannot be faked?
(a) Love.
(b) Strangeness.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Honor.

4. Gardner suggests the young writer get a first-rate freshman composition book such as An American Rhetoric by whom?
(a) Michael A. Morris.
(b) James A. Richards.
(c) W. W. Watt.
(d) Stuart Waterman.

5. How did ancient poets get around means of survival, if not attaching themselves to kings?
(a) Writing.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Begging.
(d) Farming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first editor to take interest in Gardner's work?

2. Gardner states in Chapter 3 that a writer has to go far out of his way to turn his what against him?

3. What literary magazine does Gardner publish?

4. Which author wrote A Tale of Two Cities?

5. What does Gardner say "breeds success" in Chapter 1?

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