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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. When you start think there is one more thing you could do, what should you remind yourself?
(a) Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.
(b) Your characters have evolved, time to move on.
(c) Dr. Suess refuses to eat the broccoli.
(d) The octopus is snoring, time to move on.

2. What do readers want to know about characters besides their superficial values?
(a) Their hair color.
(b) Their essence.
(c) What they eat.
(d) How they smell.

3. In Anne's comments on the Gulf Stream, what is the straw a metaphor for?
(a) KFKD, it is as big as the Gulf Stream.
(b) Our pencil, a river of stories pour though it.
(c) Our fingers, a river of stories pour through them.
(d) Us, as writers. The river of the story pours through us.

4. What constructive way does Anne suggest a writer deal with jealousy?
(a) Use it as material in a book.
(b) Write down your feelings then crumple up the paper and throw it away.
(c) Tell your therapist about the feelings.
(d) Simply forget about it and move on, because your turn is next.

5. Where does plot grow from?
(a) A one-inch picture frame.
(b) A good topsoil.
(c) Characters.
(d) A good outline.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do you get your confidence and intuition back?

2. What advice did E. L. Doctorow have about writing?

3. As a writer, what is very hard for Anne to take?

4. What does Anne say the single greatest obstacle is to listening to your broccoli?

5. What is Anne's first suggestion about writing dialogue?

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