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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 literary magazine does Gardner publish?
(a) MRR.
(b) MSS.
(c) Writer's Weekly.
(d) Reader's Digest.
2. Which magazine does Gardner refer to as elegant and rather timid, perfect for selling clothes and fine china?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) The New York Times Book Review.
(c) The Oxford Journal.
(d) The Atlantic.
3. What word does Gardner use to describe that teaching which tends to emphasize theme and design over feeling and authentic narrative?
(a) Workshoppy.
(b) Developmental.
(c) Inverted.
(d) Amateur.
4. The main commitment of famous writers as teachers is what?
(a) The poor students.
(b) Their own work.
(c) The star students.
(d) Their students.
5. Gardner writes in Chapter 2 that in a bad workshop, the teacher takes the place of the student's what?
(a) Ability to think.
(b) Critical imagination.
(c) Internal critic.
(d) Assimilation.
Short Answer Questions
1. What organization does Gardner suggest for help in locating good teachers, advice on fellowships, etc.?
2. Where is one of the oldest and best known writing workshops?
3. If a writer agrees with the notes an editor sends, he should do what with his manuscript?
4. Gardner compares the first thrill of achievement of the writer to that of an oboist or what?
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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the qualities that should make an aspiring writer leave a program?
2. What brings the author feelings of virtue in Chapter 2?
3. What does Gardner write of the standard technique of teaching writing in Chapter 2?
4. Why must a teacher avoid projecting their aesthetic view on writers?
5. Describe some of the qualities of bad writing workshops in Chapter 2.
6. What is the "best" way to sustain a living as a writer, according to Gardner?
7. What does Gardner say of finding support for the author in Chapter 3?
8. What does Gardner say in the beginning of Chapter 2 regarding author education and state funding?
9. What does Gardner cite as the assets of having an agent in Chapter 3?
10. What does Gardner say of supporting oneself as a writer in Chapter 3?
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