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

2. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, what was Anne's finished article about?
(a) The runners.
(b) The girl on crutches.
(c) The "cool man" game.
(d) Tragedy transfromed to joy and sheer effort.

3. How does plot fall together?
(a) As you listen to your characters and watch them move.
(b) As you listen to jazz music and drink wine.
(c) Piece by piece, like a puzzle.
(d) As you conform your characters to the plot in your outline.

4. How does Anne define perfectionism?
(a) A mean, frozen form of idealism.
(b) The only way to write.
(c) An abundantly jealous form of writing.
(d) Chewing gum will relieve it.

5. Where does plot grow from?
(a) A good outline.
(b) A one-inch picture frame.
(c) A good topsoil.
(d) Characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anne tells her students they can use paranoia as wonderful material, and then recites a poem. Who is the author of the poem?

2. How does Anne describe writing for herself and most other writers she knows?

3. What does Anne say good writing is about?

4. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?

5. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, who was the self-proclaimed "cool man?"

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