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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 does Anne say you have to get over, or you will not go far in your writing?
(a) Paranoia.
(b) Perfectionism.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Hypochondria.

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

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

4. What does Alice Adams' ABDCE formula stand for, in writing a short story?
(a) Action, Background, Development, Climax, and Ending.
(b) Alice's Books Do Create Excitement.
(c) Asides, Background, Drama, Characters, and Encoding.
(d) Action, Background, Characters, Drama, and Ending.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does plot grow from?

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

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

4. How does Anne define perfectionism?

5. What is a recurring problem that Anne sees in her students?

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