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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 10, Set Design.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?
(a) I write with crayons, it is prettier.
(b) When I write, I shoot for the stars and end up somewhere on the moon.
(c) When I write, I feel like an armless legless man with a crayon in his mouth.
(d) Writing is an extension of the soul onto a blank canvas in sheer poetic movements.

2. What is a recurring problem that Anne sees in her students?
(a) They really want to be published, and kind of want to write.
(b) They do not have good agents.
(c) They are bad spellers.
(d) They are too busy writing to listen to her class.

3. What is Anne's third suggestion about putting together good dialogue?
(a) Put two people who have lots in common together for teatime.
(b) Dialogue emerges entirely from the plot. Listen to the plot.
(c) Put two people, who would never want to be together, in a close situation. They will have lots to say.
(d) Insert clever dialogue whenever possible.

4. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?
(a) Thankful for what she and her son had.
(b) Depressed and hungry.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Like she could write all day.

5. What is the way to hold a reader's attention?
(a) Drama.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Good plots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does plot grow from?

2. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?

3. What is Anne's comment on messes?

4. What did Anne's father tell his students to read?

5. What are great language tools that explain the unknown in terms of the known to the reader?

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