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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. Gardner claims in Chapter 3 that rejection by an agent means more than rejection by a what?
(a) Editor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Writer.
(d) Teacher.

2. 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?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Jack Frost.
(c) Thomas Pinchon.
(d) Jack London.

3. Gardner writes in Chapter 3, "Young writers want to ____ because they're unsure of themselves."
(a) Read.
(b) Study.
(c) Publish.
(d) Go to school.

4. In Chapter 3, Gardner writes, "One hears the complaint that conferences lead to a kind of writer ____."
(a) Ego-stroking.
(b) Incest.
(c) Sniveling.
(d) Promotion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3?

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

3. Which manuscript did Gardner send out which got a reply suggesting he cut it by a third?

4. What word does Gardner use to describe that teaching which tends to emphasize theme and design over feeling and authentic narrative?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gardner write of the standard technique of teaching writing in Chapter 2?

2. What does Gardner write about rejection letters in Chapter 3?

3. What does Gardner open Chapter 3 with, regarding the young writer's focus on publication?

4. What does Gardner say regarding the study of philosophy and psychology?

5. What does Gardner write of writers' workshops in Chapter 2?

6. What does Gardner say of finding support for the author in Chapter 3?

7. Why is writing usually rejected, according to Gardner?

8. Describe some of the qualities of bad writing workshops in Chapter 2.

9. What does Gardner say of editors in Chapter 3? What can one do to appeal to an editor?

10. Are all good writers good teachers? What does Gardner say of this in Chapter 2?

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