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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. Who are the two authors that Anne says have written well about plot?
(a) Flannery O'Conner and Faulkner.
(b) Rosemary Wells and Doreen Cornin.
(c) John Gardner and Faulkner.
(d) E. M. Forester and John Gardner.

2. What does Anne believe allows us to see the individual person?
(a) Spending time with them.
(b) Having a list of questions to ask them.
(c) You can do this in about an hour, if you are really good at reading people.
(d) Getting rid of the busyness.

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

4. In working on set design for your book, what does Anne suggest you imagine yourself as?
(a) Set designer for a play or movie.
(b) A butterfly flitting around a room.
(c) An operating room nurse, getting utensils ready.
(d) An architect for a building.

5. Where does Anne say a moral position begins?
(a) In a proper set design.
(b) In the heart of a character.
(c) In the plot treatment.
(d) In a bad first draft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne say writers want to happen to a reader as they read about a character?

2. Paying attention is a powerful antidote for what?

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

4. What is the basic formula for drama?

5. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?

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