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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Gardner work with as a publisher following the death of Segal?
(a) Morrison.
(b) Pantera.
(c) Grogin.
(d) Gottlieb.

2. Gardner claims in Chapter 3 that rejection by an agent means more than rejection by a what?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Editor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Teacher.

3. What are the long pages from the typesetter, marked up by the proofreader for typographical errors?
(a) Script.
(b) Galleys.
(c) Novel-preform.
(d) Manuscript.

4. Letters to publishing houses should ideally be addressed to whom?
(a) A particular editor.
(b) The assistant editor.
(c) The head editor.
(d) Any editor.

5. Gardner states in Chapter 3 that for a young novelist, an agent is all but what?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Useless.
(c) Indispensible.
(d) Healthy.

6. Which author went to Paris and studied with one of the shrewdest writers, Gertrude Stein?
(a) Stephen Crane.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Henry James.

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

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

9. Who was the first editor to take interest in Gardner's work?
(a) Bob Gottlieb.
(b) Jack Smith.
(c) Gerald Kimble.
(d) James Growder.

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

11. Gardner writes in Chapter 2 that in the workshop he is teaching he encountered a story which he hopes to publish titled what?
(a) "Jason."
(b) "Exit."
(c) "Thoughts."
(d) "Tomorrow."

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

13. If a writer agrees with the notes an editor sends, he should do what with his manuscript?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Revise it.
(c) Send it elsewhere.
(d) Ask another opinion.

14. To which editor at New American Library did Gardner send The Sunlight Diaries?
(a) Harry Crews.
(b) Bob Gottlieb.
(c) David Segal.
(d) Michael Harper.

15. What word does Gardner use to describe that teaching which tends to emphasize theme and design over feeling and authentic narrative?
(a) Workshoppy.
(b) Amateur.
(c) Inverted.
(d) Developmental.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gardner writes in Chapter 2 that in a bad workshop, the teacher allows or even encourages what?

2. One of the favorite survival jobs of writers has in recent years been what?

3. What organization does Gardner suggest for help in locating good teachers, advice on fellowships, etc.?

4. Which magazine does Gardner refer to as elegant and rather timid, perfect for selling clothes and fine china?

5. Which writer, although thought of as a solitary genius, spent time working in close community with Ford Maddox Ford?

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