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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 is Anne's comment on messes?
(a) Messes do not say anything about who we are.
(b) They are an artist's true friend.
(c) Hire a housekeeper to clean up your messes.
(d) Messes should be kept to a minimum.

2. What did Anne's father tell his students to read?
(a) All the great books and plays they could get their hands on.
(b) A few poems and hardback books.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Only Thurber.

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

4. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?
(a) Quick and easy, just like writing.
(b) Anybody can take a Polariod picture, as long as there is film in the camera.
(c) You are not supposed to know what the picture looks like until it finishes developing.
(d) You point and shoot at what you think you want, but it does not always turn out as expected.

5. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?
(a) I write with crayons, it is prettier.
(b) When I write, I feel like an armless legless man with a crayon in his mouth.
(c) Writing is an extension of the soul onto a blank canvas in sheer poetic movements.
(d) When I write, I shoot for the stars and end up somewhere on the moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne say perfectionism will block?

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

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

4. What is Anne's response when her students ask her for the best writing advice?

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

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