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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 12, Plot Treatment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice Adams' ABDCE formula stand for, in writing a short story?
(a) Action, Background, Characters, Drama, and Ending.
(b) Asides, Background, Drama, Characters, and Encoding.
(c) Action, Background, Development, Climax, and Ending.
(d) Alice's Books Do Create Excitement.

2. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?
(a) Listen to the voices and do exactly what each one says.
(b) Pretend you are on a TV talkshow.
(c) Imagine they are mice, pick them up, and drop them in a mason jar with a lid.
(d) Imagine they are dogs snarling at you and yell at them.

3. How does plot fall together?
(a) As you conform your characters to the plot in your outline.
(b) As you listen to your characters and watch them move.
(c) As you listen to jazz music and drink wine.
(d) Piece by piece, like a puzzle.

4. What is the basic formula for drama?
(a) Setup, switch, sendoff.
(b) Buildup, payoff, setup.
(c) Setup, buildup, payoff.
(d) There is no formula, drama naturally occurs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Anne's father teach his class?

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

3. Anne's editor loved the characters in her book, but what was the problem with the book?

4. What movie line does Anne suggest as a good one to tape to the wall of your office?

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

(see the answer key)

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