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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one of the only programs for funding for writers on the governmental level?
(a) The Fulbright Society.
(b) National Enlistment of Writers.
(c) National Writer Workshop.
(d) National Endowment of the Arts.

3. Gardner writes that authors are almost never satisfied with the ____ job their publishers do.
(a) Editing.
(b) Promotion.
(c) Preselling.
(d) Reworking.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the writer's conference where Gardner has frequently worked with writing assistants?

2. Where does the manuscript of a book go after the copy editor is finished with it?

3. In Chapter 3, Gardner writes, "One hears the complaint that conferences lead to a kind of writer ____."

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

5. Letters to publishing houses should ideally be addressed to whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the qualities that should make an aspiring writer leave a program?

2. What does Gardner say in regard to literary dynasties and writing workshops in Chapter 2?

3. What does Gardner say of editors in Chapter 3? What can one do to appeal to an editor?

4. What is the "best" way to sustain a living as a writer, according to Gardner?

5. What brings the author feelings of virtue in Chapter 2?

6. Why must a teacher avoid projecting their aesthetic view on writers?

7. What does Gardner write of the standard technique of teaching writing in Chapter 2?

8. What does Gardner say in the beginning of Chapter 2 regarding author education and state funding?

9. What does Gardner say regarding the study of philosophy and psychology?

10. What does Gardner remark about the loyalty of an editor?

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