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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. Where did Anne's father teach his class?
(a) The local community college to kids.
(b) Elementary school to children.
(c) On the street to hippies.
(d) San Quentin to the prisoners.

2. What advice did E. L. Doctorow have about writing?
(a) "Writing a novel is like making dinner. If you do prep work, the cooking comes easy."
(b) "Writing a novel is like taking a horse to water, but then he does not drink."
(c) "Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
(d) "Writing makes me paranoid. I don't recommend it."

3. What can yield strange characters lurking in the shadows, according to Anne?
(a) Taking a short assignment and writing a bad first draft.
(b) Meditating.
(c) Eating school lunches.
(d) Working on a good plot line.

4. When Anne showed up at the Special Olympics to write an article, did she know what she was going to write?
(a) Yes, she was going to write a food review about the hot dogs there.
(b) No, she was not even very interested.
(c) She had no idea of what the finished article would be.
(d) Yes, about a girl on crutches.

5. How does Anne tell her students to train the unconscious to kick in?
(a) Drink wine and eat chocolate, then write.
(b) Listen to classical music.
(c) Sit down to write at approximately the same time every day.
(d) Phone an off-putting friend, that will get your creative juices going.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part 1, Section 6, Polaroids, what was Anne's finished article about?

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

4. When Anne is participating in the school lunch writing assignment, what does she say about hers?

5. Why does Anne write?

(see the answer key)

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