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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Publication and Survival.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Editor.
(c) Spouse.
(d) Agent.

2. Who wrote the book 1984?
(a) George Orwell.
(b) J. D. Salinger.
(c) Thomas Pynchon.
(d) Ray Bradbury.

3. In the world of grants, Gardner writes in Chapter 2, who has a better chance than other artists?
(a) Actors.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Writers.
(d) Painters.

4. Who is the author of All the King's Men?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Robert Penn Warren.
(d) Franz Kafka.

5. Gardner states in Chapter 1 that Canterbury Tales is a disguised what?
(a) Sermon.
(b) Love poem.
(c) War poem.
(d) Shakespearean ode.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. Who is the author of Piers Plowman?

5. Where does Gardner teach workshops, as he claims it has a good program for fiction?

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