Bird by Bird Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bird by Bird Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy the Bird by Bird Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Section 5, Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?
(a) Listen to the voices and do exactly what each one says.
(b) Imagine they are dogs snarling at you and yell at them.
(c) Imagine they are mice, pick them up, and drop them in a mason jar with a lid.
(d) Pretend you are on a TV talkshow.

2. What are two good reasons cited by Anne for calling around?
(a) It keeps you from being bored, and you can double-bill your agent.
(b) You can consider it work and double-bill your agent.
(c) People enjoy talking about what they know, and it keeps you from being bored.
(d) People enjoy talking about what they know, and you can consider it.

3. What does Anne's friend tell her that we and our characters have to work within?
(a) The stories of our life.
(b) A one-inch picture frame.
(c) An emotional acre.
(d) A mason jar.

4. According to Anne, what can the writing of an informal letter free you from?
(a) Plot treatments.
(b) Paranoia.
(c) Perfectionism.
(d) Jealousy.

5. What do most of Anne's students assume about why well-respected writers's books turn out beautifully?
(a) They have outlined the plot.
(b) They analyze each character.
(c) They are subject matter experts.
(d) They drink wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Anne, what should our stories encompass?

2. In Anne's comments on the Gulf Stream, what is the straw a metaphor for?

3. What does the one-inch picture frame remind her of?

4. What is the way to hold a reader's attention?

5. What did Anne have after a full day of calling around?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 400 words
(approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Bird by Bird Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
Bird by Bird from BookRags. (c)2024 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.