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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 was Vonnegut's comment on writing?
(a) When I write, I feel like an armless legless man with a crayon in his mouth.
(b) When I write, I shoot for the stars and end up somewhere on the moon.
(c) I write with crayons, it is prettier.
(d) Writing is an extension of the soul onto a blank canvas in sheer poetic movements.
2. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?
(a) The girl on crutches.
(b) Her lunch.
(c) A Polaroid of three of the athletes.
(d) The cool man.
3. What constructive way does Anne suggest a writer deal with jealousy?
(a) Write down your feelings then crumple up the paper and throw it away.
(b) Use it as material in a book.
(c) Tell your therapist about the feelings.
(d) Simply forget about it and move on, because your turn is next.
4. Besides going to classes and conferences, what is another way to receive feedback from other writers?
(a) Send your work via email to every address you have.
(b) Solicit advice from people you meet at bookstores.
(c) Mail other writers your drafts and hope they respond to you.
(d) Start a writing group.
5. What does Anne say writers want to happen to a reader as they read about a character?
(a) Recognize how descriptive the character is.
(b) For the reader to have compassion for the character.
(c) Recognition of self within the character.
(d) For the reader to be able to see what a wonderful writer has done with the character's dialect.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Anne's comment on messes?
2. What does Anne say that there is ecstasy in?
3. What image does Anne use to help her gather dialog for characters?
4. What does Alice Adams' ABDCE formula stand for, in writing a short story?
5. What does Anne state is the most degrading occupational hazard of being a writer?
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