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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 state that financial success guarantees a writer?
(a) Many book signings.
(b) More paranoia.
(c) A more expensive set of problems.
(d) Adoring fans.

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

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

4. What is the best way to quiet KFKD?
(a) Blast heavy-metal music.
(b) Realize it is on, have a writing ritual, and breathe.
(c) Earplugs.
(d) Call a friend.

5. Every writer needs discipline, but what is one way Anne suggests to give yourself a break and still be productive?
(a) Eat a Kit-Kat bar.
(b) Meditate.
(c) Calling around.
(d) Writing on index cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry James' classic line about a writer looking for his glasses which were atop his head?

2. What do we want out of important characters, such as a narrator?

3. What is Anne's response to her students question about knowing when they are done?

4. What does Anne suggest feedback from someone close to you yields?

5. What is Anne's father's occupation?

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