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

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

3. How does Anne define clutter?
(a) Makes her hold her breath.
(b) Wonderfully fertile ground.
(c) Easier to deal with if you put in specific piles.
(d) Something to be swept under the rug.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anne's comment on messes?

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

3. What does Anne say perfectionism will block?

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

5. Where does Anne tell her students to start with their writing?

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