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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 4, Perfectionism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?
(a) By writing a bad first draft.
(b) By getting a good agent.
(c) By drinking lots of wine.
(d) By hiring an excellent editor.

2. What does Anne say good writing is about?
(a) Telling the truth.
(b) Spelling everything correctly.
(c) Outlines, plots, and themes.
(d) Dialect.

3. What does the one-inch picture frame remind her of?
(a) That she only has to write one inch of words that day.
(b) All she has to do is write as much as she can see through the one-inch picture frame.
(c) How big her mole is getting.
(d) How she is too old for orthodontia.

4. What magazine did Anne write food reviews for, before it folded?
(a) Food News Review.
(b) California.
(c) Pots and Pans.
(d) Sacramento.

5. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?
(a) To create books.
(b) To find a good agent.
(c) To get noticed and make lots of money.
(d) To get published.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Anne tell her students to start with their writing?

2. How does Anne define perfectionism?

3. What does Anne say you have to get over, or you will not go far in your writing?

4. What is a recurring problem that Anne sees in her students?

5. Anne tells her students they can use paranoia as wonderful material, and then recites a poem. Who is the author of the poem?

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