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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Help Along the Way, Section 1, Index Cards.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Anne get the idea to use broccoli as her intuition?
(a) Dr. Suess.
(b) Samuel Goldwyn.
(c) Mel Brooks.
(d) The fourteenth Dalai Lama.

2. What does Anne say you have to get over, or you will not go far in your writing?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Perfectionism.
(c) Hypochondria.
(d) Paranoia.

3. When you are still, and breathing calmly, what can happen, according to Anne?
(a) You can hear the voices of your characters, above the rantings of KFKD.
(b) You can write from the perspective of the fourteenth Dalai Lama.
(c) KFKD blares louder than ever.
(d) You fall asleep.

4. How does Anne describe writing for herself and most other writers she knows?
(a) Rapturous.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Dewy and thrilled.
(d) Not rapturous.

5. What is Henry James' classic line about a writer looking for his glasses which were atop his head?
(a) "A writer is someone who has lots to loose."
(b) "A writer is someone who looses lots."
(c) "A writer always needs to wear his glasses."
(d) "A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne say perfectionism will block?

2. At what age did Anne start writing?

3. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?

4. What constructive way does Anne suggest a writer deal with jealousy?

5. What is the basic formula for drama?

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