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

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

3. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?
(a) To find a good agent.
(b) To create books.
(c) To get published.
(d) To get noticed and make lots of money.

4. What was Anne's first poem about that got any attention?
(a) Her father.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Sam.
(d) Tiny bubbles.

5. How does Anne define perfectionism?
(a) The only way to write.
(b) Chewing gum will relieve it.
(c) An abundantly jealous form of writing.
(d) A mean, frozen form of idealism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anne tells her students they can use paranoia as wonderful material, and then recites a poem. Who is the author of the poem?

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

3. What advice did Anne's father give her brother when he was overwhelmed at writing a report on birds?

4. How does Anne describe writing for herself and most other writers she knows?

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

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