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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. What author of experimental fiction teaches at Rice?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut.
(b) Max Apple.
(c) Thomas Pinchon.
(d) Michael James.
2. What is one of the great questions of the moment which is addressed in The World According to Garp?
(a) Environment.
(b) Globalization.
(c) Race relations.
(d) Feminism.
3. Gardner states in Chapter 3 that one should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of whom?
(a) Writers.
(b) Editors.
(c) Poets.
(d) Teachers.
4. Gardner writes in Chapter 2 that in a bad workshop, the teacher takes the place of the student's what?
(a) Critical imagination.
(b) Assimilation.
(c) Internal critic.
(d) Ability to think.
5. Letters to publishing houses should ideally be addressed to whom?
(a) Any editor.
(b) The head editor.
(c) A particular editor.
(d) The assistant editor.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Gardner suggest writing to for information on reliable agents?
2. Where is one of the oldest and best known writing workshops?
3. Where does Gardner teach workshops, as he claims it has a good program for fiction?
4. Who was the first editor to take interest in Gardner's work?
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"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Gardner's workshops like for writers?
2. What brings the author feelings of virtue in Chapter 2?
3. What does Gardner say of finding support for the author in Chapter 3?
4. What does Gardner open Chapter 3 with, regarding the young writer's focus on publication?
5. Where does the author's manuscript go after he reviews the copywriter's corrections?
6. What is the "best" way to sustain a living as a writer, according to Gardner?
7. Why must a teacher avoid projecting their aesthetic view on writers?
8. What should the successful teacher do for his writing students, according to Gardner?
9. What does Gardner write of the standard technique of teaching writing in Chapter 2?
10. What are some of the qualities that should make an aspiring writer leave a program?
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