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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Section 5, Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne sometimes use her index cards for?
(a) Thought provoking party favors.
(b) Nothing, she throws them all away.
(c) Short assignments, to get writing again.
(d) Set design.

2. What movie line does Anne suggest as a good one to tape to the wall of your office?
(a) "Climb every mountain."
(b) "Hey - lighten up, Francis."
(c) "From sun up to sun down I am the best writer in town."
(d) "Jeremiah was a bullfrog."

3. How does Anne suggest finding a partner to read your work?
(a) Ask someone who rarely reads if they would read your work.
(b) Ask someone whose work you admire if they would like to work with you.
(c) Ask someone who is a best seller if they would like to work with you.
(d) Put an ad in the paper or on the bulletin board.

4. What are good ways to start writing groups?
(a) Ask people on the street and your family members.
(b) Put an ad in the newspaper and ask your family members.
(c) Put an ad on a bulletin board and ask people on the street.
(d) Ask people from class, or put an ad in the newpapers and on bulletin boards.

5. According to Anne, what does being a writer guarantee?
(a) You will get published and receive lots of money.
(b) You will travel and meet many interesting people.
(c) You will spend too much time alone.
(d) You will become neurotic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aside from talking to people, what are other ways to gather ideas for set design?

2. According to Anne, what is one thing that can make a book very tiring to read?

3. When will you know your characters, according to Anne?

4. How does knowledge of your characters emerge, according to Anne?

5. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?

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