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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the world of grants, Gardner writes in Chapter 2, who has a better chance than other artists?
(a) Musicians.
(b) Actors.
(c) Writers.
(d) Painters.

2. 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) Enlightened.
(b) Virtuous.
(c) Accepted.
(d) Smart.

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

4. What author of experimental fiction teaches at Rice?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut.
(b) Michael James.
(c) Thomas Pinchon.
(d) Max Apple.

5. What teacher and poet is quoted as saying, "My object is to catch right now what will embarrass my students when they look at their poetry ten years from now"?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Dave Smith.
(d) Julia Roberts.

6. Gardner states in Chapter 2, "If there are objective laws of ______, not all of theme apply in every instance, and none of them finally have to do with purpose."
(a) Aesthetics.
(b) Writing.
(c) Art.
(d) Opinion.

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

8. What literary magazine does Gardner publish?
(a) Writer's Weekly.
(b) Reader's Digest.
(c) MSS.
(d) MRR.

9. Gardner writes in Chapter 2 that in a bad workshop, the teacher takes the place of the student's what?
(a) Internal critic.
(b) Critical imagination.
(c) Ability to think.
(d) Assimilation.

10. In Chapter 3, Gardner writes, "One hears the complaint that conferences lead to a kind of writer ____."
(a) Incest.
(b) Promotion.
(c) Ego-stroking.
(d) Sniveling.

11. Publishing houses tend to have what, according to Gardner in Chapter 3?
(a) Specializations.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Talent.
(d) Egotism.

12. Who recommended Gardner at New American Library?
(a) William Gass.
(b) James Segal.
(c) Harry Crews.
(d) Michael Harper.

13. What is one of the great questions of the moment which is addressed in The World According to Garp?
(a) Race relations.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Globalization.
(d) Environment.

14. What was William Gass publishing at New American Library?
(a) Omensetter's Luck.
(b) The Sunlight Dialogues.
(c) Grendel.
(d) The Wreckage of Agathon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did David Segal go after New American Library?

2. Which writing teacher and author is famous for the energy and relative success with which he pushes his students' work at appropriate editors?

3. Who wrote The World According to Garp?

4. What is one of the most important things for a young writer to have, according to Gardner in Chapter 2?

5. Who does Gardner say one can be fooled by the nature of imagining that the best way to become a writer is to be a seaman or a lumberjack?

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