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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 define clutter?
(a) Something to be swept under the rug.
(b) Easier to deal with if you put in specific piles.
(c) Makes her hold her breath.
(d) Wonderfully fertile ground.

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

3. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?
(a) Anybody can take a Polariod picture, as long as there is film in the camera.
(b) You point and shoot at what you think you want, but it does not always turn out as expected.
(c) You are not supposed to know what the picture looks like until it finishes developing.
(d) Quick and easy, just like writing.

4. What does Anne say good writing is about?
(a) Telling the truth.
(b) Dialect.
(c) Spelling everything correctly.
(d) Outlines, plots, and themes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne say you have to get over, or you will not go far in your writing?

2. How does Anne tell her students to train the unconscious to kick in?

3. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?

4. What is Anne's comment on messes?

5. What does Alice Adams' ABDCE formula stand for, in writing a short story?

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