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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. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?
(a) By getting a good agent.
(b) By drinking lots of wine.
(c) By writing a bad first draft.
(d) By hiring an excellent editor.

2. What does the one-inch picture frame remind her of?
(a) All she has to do is write as much as she can see through the one-inch picture frame.
(b) How big her mole is getting.
(c) How she is too old for orthodontia.
(d) That she only has to write one inch of words that day.

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

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

5. Why does Anne write?
(a) She has read C. S. Lewis.
(b) Her father was a writer.
(c) She wants to and she is good at it.
(d) She is a good typist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne say good writing is about?

2. How does Anne define perfectionism?

3. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?

4. At what age did Anne start writing?

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

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