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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Writer's Nature, Pages 34-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The two things that keep the common reader turning the pages, according to Gardner are story or what?
(a) Theme.
(b) Character.
(c) Mood.
(d) Argument.

2. What painter does Gardner remark in Chapter 1 never sold a painting in his life?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Monet.
(c) Picasso.
(d) Matisse.

3. To whose poetry and prose had Gardner made allusions to in the novel Grendel?
(a) Percy Shelley.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Lord Byron.

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

5. What year did Raymond Carver move to Chico, California?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had John Gardner taught before Chico State College?

2. In Chapter 1, Gardner writes, "Though there are exceptions, as a rule the good novelist does not worry primarily about ____ brilliance."

3. Where did Raymond Carver move to Chico, California from?

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

5. What does Gardner claim is helpful, if it can be kept in partial control, to keep the novelist driven?

(see the answer key)

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