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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 tell her students to train the unconscious to kick in?
(a) Phone an off-putting friend, that will get your creative juices going.
(b) Drink wine and eat chocolate, then write.
(c) Listen to classical music.
(d) Sit down to write at approximately the same time every day.

2. Where did Anne's father teach his class?
(a) San Quentin to the prisoners.
(b) The local community college to kids.
(c) On the street to hippies.
(d) Elementary school to children.

3. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?
(a) By hiring an excellent editor.
(b) By writing a bad first draft.
(c) By drinking lots of wine.
(d) By getting a good agent.

4. What did Anne use to entertain her son, Sam, while he was in the emergency room?
(a) A stethoscope.
(b) Index cards and tongue depressors.
(c) Readings from her favorite book.
(d) Finger puppets.

5. What does Anne use index cards for?
(a) Making lists and taking notes.
(b) Paper airplanes and picking her teeth.
(c) Making lists and picking her teeth.
(d) Taking notes and paper airplanes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best way to quiet KFKD?

2. Paying attention is a powerful antidote for what?

3. How does Anne define clutter?

4. How does Anne describe writing for herself and most other writers she knows?

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

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