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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Anne is participating in the school lunch writing assignment, what does she say about hers?
(a) Homemade bread was something to be proud of.
(b) It was really about opening our insides in front of everyone. Just like writing.
(c) Her father always made the perfect sandwiches.
(d) All the kids wanted to trade for her tuna salad.

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

3. The school lunches writing assignment combines which two pieces of writing advice from Anne?
(a) Get started and consult a hypnotist.
(b) Eat chocolate and take plenty of naps.
(c) Read poetry and drink wine.
(d) Short assignments and bad first drafts.

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

5. What does Anne say perfectionism will block?
(a) Inventiveness, playfulness, and life force.
(b) Flow, form, and set design.
(c) The heart, mind, and spirit.
(d) Radio station KFKD and the distracting voices.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Anne define perfectionism?

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

5. What does Anne say good writing is about?

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