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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 does Anne say you have to get over, or you will not go far in your writing?
(a) Paranoia.
(b) Hypochondria.
(c) Perfectionism.
(d) Jealousy.

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anne's first useful concept about?

2. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?

3. What does the one-inch picture frame remind her of?

4. How does Anne define perfectionism?

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

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