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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 10, Set Design.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ethan Canin's idea of the most valuable thing about writing?
(a) A strong plot.
(b) Using a sanserif font.
(c) A likeable narrator.
(d) Good dialog.

2. What are great language tools that explain the unknown in terms of the known to the reader?
(a) A garden and river.
(b) Plots.
(c) Similes.
(d) Metaphors.

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

4. What does Anne say can reveal a character better than pages of description?
(a) Pages of dialog with descriptive wording.
(b) One line of dialog that rings true.
(c) The antagonist.
(d) Really off the wall dialect.

5. What do we want out of important characters, such as a narrator?
(a) For them to be reliable.
(b) For them to entertain us every step of the way.
(c) For them to manipulate us.
(d) A good plot line.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can yield strange characters lurking in the shadows, according to Anne?

3. What does Anne say you have to get over, or you will not go far in your writing?

4. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?

5. What is Anne's comment on messes?

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