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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. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?
(a) Reporters.
(b) The birds.
(c) She does.
(d) All good writers.

2. Anne tells her students they can use paranoia as wonderful material, and then recites a poem. Who is the author of the poem?
(a) Buster Brown.
(b) C. S. Lewis.
(c) Phillip Lopate.
(d) She is.

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

4. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?
(a) The cool man.
(b) Her lunch.
(c) A Polaroid of three of the athletes.
(d) The girl on crutches.

5. How does Anne describe writing for herself and most other writers she knows?
(a) Not rapturous.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Rapturous.
(d) Dewy and thrilled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne say good writing is about?

2. What is at least half the battle Anne faces in her daily writing?

3. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?

4. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?

5. What is the basic formula for drama?

(see the answer key)

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