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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote The World According to Garp?
(a) George Glass.
(b) John Irving.
(c) Michael James.
(d) Raymond Carver.

2. 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?
(a) Thomas Pinchon.
(b) Jack London.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Jack Frost.

3. According to Gardner, most rejected fiction is rejected because it's not what?
(a) Symbolic.
(b) Subversive.
(c) Modern enough.
(d) Good.

4. Gardner states in Chapter 3 that a writer has to go far out of his way to turn his what against him?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Agent.
(c) Editor.
(d) Spouse.

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

6. What is one of the more reputedly good magazines that Gardner suggests publication in?
(a) Oxford Book Review.
(b) Georgia Review.
(c) Reader's Digest.
(d) Maxim.

7. What does M.F.A. stand for?
(a) Master of Fine Arts.
(b) Master of Formal Academy.
(c) Master of Formal Architecture.
(d) Master of Fulton Academy.

8. In Chapter 2, Gardner states, "A writer does not become better by being ____."
(a) Pandered to.
(b) Beaten.
(c) Scorned.
(d) Adored.

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

10. Which magazine does Gardner refer to as elegant and rather timid, perfect for selling clothes and fine china?
(a) The Atlantic.
(b) The Oxford Journal.
(c) The New York Times Book Review.
(d) The New Yorker.

11. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) Publication and Survival.
(b) The Writer's Nature.
(c) The Writer's Training and Education.
(d) Faith.

12. What does Gardner say brings together groups of young writers who, even in the absence of superb teachers, can be of help to one another?
(a) Graduate programs.
(b) Colleges.
(c) Writers' workshops.
(d) Seminars.

13. Where does Gardner teach workshops, as he claims it has a good program for fiction?
(a) Emery.
(b) NYU.
(c) Binghamton.
(d) Oxford.

14. What is the name of the writer's conference where Gardner has frequently worked with writing assistants?
(a) Silver Mountain.
(b) Last Dinner.
(c) Bread Loaf.
(d) Peabody.

15. Who does Gardner suggest writing to for information on reliable agents?
(a) ILAA.
(b) NROP.
(c) DRAA.
(d) AFJI.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the world of grants, Gardner writes in Chapter 2, who has a better chance than other artists?

2. Gardner writes in Chapter 2 that in the workshop he is teaching he encountered a story which he hopes to publish titled what?

3. Who did Gardner work with as a publisher following the death of Segal?

4. In Chapter 2, Gardner notes that "The wide range of opinion in a class affords increases the writer's chance of getting a _____."

5. How did ancient poets get around means of survival, if not attaching themselves to kings?

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