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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. What author does Gardner remark has a persistent mean streak in his writing?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Kerouac.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Salinger.

2. The main commitment of famous writers as teachers is what?
(a) The star students.
(b) Their own work.
(c) The poor students.
(d) Their students.

3. What publishing house did Gardner send Grendel to first?
(a) Alfred A. Knopf.
(b) Hannigan and Hannigan.
(c) Penguin.
(d) Simon and Schulster.

4. Gardner states in Chapter 3 that one should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of whom?
(a) Writers.
(b) Editors.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Poets.

5. Gardner notes in Chapter 3 that all second-rate stories tend to do what?
(a) Get rejected.
(b) Sound alike.
(c) Get acclaim.
(d) Get published.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author went to Paris and studied with one of the shrewdest writers, Gertrude Stein?

2. In Chapter 2, Gardner writes that the "true young novelist has the stamina, patience, and single-mindedness of a" what?

3. What kind of intelligence does Gardner say is important to the writer in Chapter 1?

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

5. Gardner compares the first thrill of achievement of the writer to that of an oboist or what?

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