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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 8, Plot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anne tell her students to train the unconscious to kick in?
(a) Drink wine and eat chocolate, then write.
(b) Sit down to write at approximately the same time every day.
(c) Phone an off-putting friend, that will get your creative juices going.
(d) Listen to classical music.

2. What is at least half the battle Anne faces in her daily writing?
(a) Quieting the critical voices.
(b) All the characters talking at one time.
(c) Having enough paper in the printer.
(d) Writing a bad first draft.

3. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, who was the self-proclaimed "cool man?"
(a) The referee of the basketball game.
(b) Sam.
(c) A tall African American man.
(d) A boy against a fence.

4. When Anne showed up at the Special Olympics to write an article, did she know what she was going to write?
(a) Yes, about a girl on crutches.
(b) She had no idea of what the finished article would be.
(c) No, she was not even very interested.
(d) Yes, she was going to write a food review about the hot dogs there.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?

3. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?

4. Where does plot grow from?

5. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?

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