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

2. Anne tells her students they can use paranoia as wonderful material, and then recites a poem. Who is the author of the poem?
(a) C. S. Lewis.
(b) Buster Brown.
(c) She is.
(d) Phillip Lopate.

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

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

5. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?
(a) To create books.
(b) To find a good agent.
(c) To get published.
(d) To get noticed and make lots of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?

2. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?

3. What do most of Anne's students assume about why well-respected writers's books turn out beautifully?

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

5. What does Anne's friend tell her that we and our characters have to work within?

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