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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. When talking with a subject expert about kitchens, what are good questions to ask about the kitchen?
(a) What were the sights, sounds, and smells like?
(b) How best to keep stainless steel appliances clean.
(c) What were the sights and sounds like?
(d) What were the smells and stains like?

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

3. Where does plot grow from?
(a) A good outline.
(b) Characters.
(c) A one-inch picture frame.
(d) A good topsoil.

4. When will you know your characters, according to Anne?
(a) When your editor tells you who they are.
(b) Weeks or months after you started working with them.
(c) After teatime.
(d) When you first sit down and start to write about them.

5. 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) Yes, about a girl on crutches.
(d) She had no idea of what the finished article would be.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne define clutter?

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

3. At what age did Anne start writing?

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

5. After a half hour of writing, how much material was generated from the school lunch assignment?

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