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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. Where has Anne found some of the best letter writing?
(a) Letters from people in World War One.
(b) Letters from children detailing an event in their childhood.
(c) Letters written by people in love.
(d) Letters from people wanting to tell their children about their childhoods.

2. What does Anne say that there is ecstasy in?
(a) Wine and chocolate.
(b) Compassionate detachment.
(c) Ripples in the water.
(d) Paying attention.

3. What does Anne say perfectionism will block?
(a) Radio station KFKD and the distracting voices.
(b) Inventiveness, playfulness, and life force.
(c) The heart, mind, and spirit.
(d) Flow, form, and set design.

4. How does Anne write at times when she is stuck?
(a) She writes in first person.
(b) She does not write at all, but goes to the beach instead.
(c) As if she was dying tomorrow.
(d) As if she will live forever.

5. What is at least half the battle Anne faces in her daily writing?
(a) Having enough paper in the printer.
(b) Quieting the critical voices.
(c) Writing a bad first draft.
(d) All the characters talking at one time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?

2. Paying attention is a powerful antidote for what?

3. What is the question Anne's students always ask?

4. What does Anne say writers want to happen to a reader as they read about a character?

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

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