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

2. What movie line does Anne suggest as a good one to tape to the wall of your office?
(a) "Jeremiah was a bullfrog."
(b) "Hey - lighten up, Francis."
(c) "From sun up to sun down I am the best writer in town."
(d) "Climb every mountain."

3. Who are the two authors that Anne says have written well about plot?
(a) E. M. Forester and John Gardner.
(b) Flannery O'Conner and Faulkner.
(c) John Gardner and Faulkner.
(d) Rosemary Wells and Doreen Cornin.

4. After a half hour of writing, how much material was generated from the school lunch assignment?
(a) Enough to write two or three books.
(b) Too much for Anne and some of the people in class, it threatened to immoblize them.
(c) The perfect amount for a short story.
(d) None, her students did not eat lunch.

5. What do we want out of important characters, such as a narrator?
(a) A good plot line.
(b) For them to entertain us every step of the way.
(c) For them to manipulate us.
(d) For them to be reliable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anne's response when her students ask her for the best writing advice?

2. What was Anne's first poem about that got any attention?

3. What does Anne's friend tell her that we and our characters have to work within?

4. What does Anne say perfectionism will block?

5. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?

(see the answer key)

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