Bird by Bird Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bird by Bird Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Anne Lamott
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 4, Perfectionism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Anne's father teach his class?
(a) On the street to hippies.
(b) Elementary school to children.
(c) San Quentin to the prisoners.
(d) The local community college to kids.

2. At what age did Anne start writing?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Five.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Eight.

3. 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) C. S. Lewis.
(d) Buster Brown.

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

5. What is on Anne's desk that reminds her of short assignments?
(a) A pair of shorts.
(b) A short stubby pencil.
(c) A one-inch picture frame.
(d) A ruler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne say perfectionism will block?

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

3. What movie line does Anne suggest as a good one to tape to the wall of your office?

4. What is at least half the battle Anne faces in her daily writing?

5. What was Anne's first poem about that got any attention?

(see the answer key)

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