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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 say good writing is about?
(a) Telling the truth.
(b) Outlines, plots, and themes.
(c) Dialect.
(d) Spelling everything correctly.

2. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?
(a) When I write, I shoot for the stars and end up somewhere on the moon.
(b) I write with crayons, it is prettier.
(c) Writing is an extension of the soul onto a blank canvas in sheer poetic movements.
(d) When I write, I feel like an armless legless man with a crayon in his mouth.

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

4. What did Jean Rhys write about the success of writers?
(a) Worker bees work, queen bees get the glory.
(b) The Gulf Stream is big, get a straw.
(c) What is good for one is good for all.
(d) Enjoy your success, this is your moment that you have earned.

5. How does Anne describe writing for herself and most other writers she knows?
(a) Not rapturous.
(b) Rapturous.
(c) Elegant.
(d) Dewy and thrilled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?

2. What is a plot treatment?

3. The school lunches writing assignment combines which two pieces of writing advice from Anne?

4. According to Anne, what can the writing of an informal letter free you from?

5. What does the title, False Starts, mean?

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