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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing that Gardner states a writer needs to have in Chapter 1?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Verbal sensitivity.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Wisdom.

2. Which title does Raymond Carver say is the only one he recalls of John Gardner's manuscripts in the Forward?
(a) Nickel Mountain.
(b) The Life and Times of Chaucer.
(c) The King's Indian.
(d) Grendel.

3. Gardner states that the effective writer leads the reader into a continuous what?
(a) Characterization.
(b) Trance.
(c) Story line.
(d) Dream.

4. What did Garner always wear, according to Raymond Carver in the Forward?
(a) A brown suit.
(b) A gray fedora.
(c) A gray suit.
(d) A black suit.

5. Gardner states that in the works of Shakespeare, language always serves character and what?
(a) Action.
(b) Aesthetic.
(c) Wit.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the honest answer to the question most young writer's ask of "Do I have what it takes to be a writer?" according to Gardner?

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

3. Gardner suggests that the dazzling poetry of Mercutio's Queen Mab speech is not the same poetry that who speaks?

4. What masterpiece of James Joyce does Gardner suggest typing out for language growth in Chapter 1?

5. What word does Gardner use to mean a phrase is worn out and overused?

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