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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Section 4, Publication.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne say must first happen before we can recognize others for who they are?
(a) Watch them for a year.
(b) Ask them who they think they really are, it is so telling.
(c) Compassionately knowing who you are.
(d) Visit with them for a few hours.

2. What is one reason Anne wrote the book for her father?
(a) There was only one book about cancer that was funny.
(b) She was jealous of another writer's book about cancer.
(c) The Dalai Lama himself told her to write it.
(d) She needed an advance from her agent.

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

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

5. How does knowledge of your characters emerge, according to Anne?
(a) Like a sunrise, full of beauty and splendor.
(b) Characters come after you finish a good outline.
(c) Like a Polaroid, it takes time to know them.
(d) Quickly and easily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne suggest students do when faced with "writer's block?"

2. After a half hour of writing, how much material was generated from the school lunch assignment?

3. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?

4. What are two good reasons cited by Anne for calling around?

5. What was Anne's first poem about that got any attention?

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