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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Section 6, Writers Block.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Anne's third suggestion about putting together good dialogue?
(a) Insert clever dialogue whenever possible.
(b) Put two people, who would never want to be together, in a close situation. They will have lots to say.
(c) Dialogue emerges entirely from the plot. Listen to the plot.
(d) Put two people who have lots in common together for teatime.

2. What is Henry James' classic line about a writer looking for his glasses which were atop his head?
(a) "A writer always needs to wear his glasses."
(b) "A writer is someone who looses lots."
(c) "A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost."
(d) "A writer is someone who has lots to loose."

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does Anne use to help her gather dialog for characters?

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

3. When writing her letter to Sam, who did Anne picture peering over her shoulder?

4. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?

5. What does Anne use index cards for?

(see the answer key)

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