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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 8, Plot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does plot fall together?
(a) As you listen to your characters and watch them move.
(b) As you listen to jazz music and drink wine.
(c) As you conform your characters to the plot in your outline.
(d) Piece by piece, like a puzzle.

2. What is Anne's comment on messes?
(a) Messes do not say anything about who we are.
(b) Hire a housekeeper to clean up your messes.
(c) Messes should be kept to a minimum.
(d) They are an artist's true friend.

3. When Anne showed up at the Special Olympics to write an article, did she know what she was going to write?
(a) She had no idea of what the finished article would be.
(b) Yes, she was going to write a food review about the hot dogs there.
(c) No, she was not even very interested.
(d) Yes, about a girl on crutches.

4. What does Anne say you have to get over, or you will not go far in your writing?
(a) Perfectionism.
(b) Hypochondria.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) Jealousy.

5. How does Anne define clutter?
(a) Something to be swept under the rug.
(b) Easier to deal with if you put in specific piles.
(c) Wonderfully fertile ground.
(d) Makes her hold her breath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine did Anne write food reviews for, before it folded?

2. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?

3. What is at least half the battle Anne faces in her daily writing?

4. Where does plot grow from?

5. How does Anne define perfectionism?

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