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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. What movie line does Anne suggest as a good one to tape to the wall of your office?
(a) "Jeremiah was a bullfrog."
(b) "Hey - lighten up, Francis."
(c) "Climb every mountain."
(d) "From sun up to sun down I am the best writer in town."

2. Anne tells her students they can use paranoia as wonderful material, and then recites a poem. Who is the author of the poem?
(a) She is.
(b) Buster Brown.
(c) Phillip Lopate.
(d) C. S. Lewis.

3. What does Anne say good writing is about?
(a) Outlines, plots, and themes.
(b) Spelling everything correctly.
(c) Dialect.
(d) Telling the truth.

4. What is Anne's first useful concept about?
(a) Ergonomic keyboards.
(b) Short assignments.
(c) Having lots of wine and chocolate around.
(d) Sharp pencils.

5. After a half hour of writing, how much material was generated from the school lunch assignment?
(a) Enough to write two or three books.
(b) The perfect amount for a short story.
(c) Too much for Anne and some of the people in class, it threatened to immoblize them.
(d) None, her students did not eat lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?

2. What magazine did Anne write food reviews for, before it folded?

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

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

5. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?

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