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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Section 3, Broccoli.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Anne, what is the way to "nail" a character?
(a) Set design.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Plot.
(d) Hammers.

2. What is Anne's second suggestion about writing dialogue?
(a) Dialogue is not a needed break from all the writing.
(b) Your characters should never speak in dialect.
(c) Your characters should be identifiable by what they say.
(d) Your characters should always speak in dialect.

3. What does the image of putting an octopus to bed describe?
(a) Putting the nursing home residents to bed.
(b) Solving problems in a final draft.
(c) Exactly what it says, putting an octopus to bed.
(d) Making all the voices quiet.

4. If we do not have our broccoli to help us write, what guides us?
(a) The plot treatment.
(b) Our rational mind.
(c) The one-inch picture frame.
(d) The set design.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the question Anne's students always ask?

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

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

4. According to Anne, when did we hear and listen to our intuition?

5. How do you get your confidence and intuition back?

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