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

2. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?
(a) Pretend you are on a TV talkshow.
(b) Listen to the voices and do exactly what each one says.
(c) Imagine they are mice, pick them up, and drop them in a mason jar with a lid.
(d) Imagine they are dogs snarling at you and yell at them.

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

4. How does Anne tell her students to train the unconscious to kick in?
(a) Sit down to write at approximately the same time every day.
(b) Listen to classical music.
(c) Phone an off-putting friend, that will get your creative juices going.
(d) Drink wine and eat chocolate, then write.

5. 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) I write with crayons, it is prettier.
(c) When I write, I shoot for the stars and end up somewhere on the moon.
(d) Writing is an extension of the soul onto a blank canvas in sheer poetic movements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?

2. What advice did E. L. Doctorow have about writing?

3. How does Anne define perfectionism?

4. At what age did Anne start writing?

5. What does Anne say good writing is about?

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