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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. How does Anne suggest you should expect someone to review your work?
(a) In a gentle and encouraging way.
(b) In a harsh and savage way.
(c) In both a gentle and harsh way.
(d) With a big red crayon.

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

3. What does Anne determine needs to be at the center of your stories?
(a) Grape jelly, raspberry has too many seeds.
(b) A good climax.
(c) A beautiful set design.
(d) Something you care passionately about.

4. Paying attention is a powerful antidote for what?
(a) Paranoia.
(b) The rational mind.
(c) Sleepless nights.
(d) A hangover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the basic formula for drama?

2. Where does the image of putting an octopus to bed come from?

3. Who are the two authors that Anne says have written well about plot?

4. Why does Anne write?

5. What is the question Anne's students always ask?

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