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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. Anne does not agree with the word "block," which suggests something is constipated or stuck. How does she describe 'writer's block'?
(a) As being empty.
(b) As having the rug pulled out from under you.
(c) As being nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
(d) As being as jealous as the green-eyed monster.

2. How does Anne describe the Polaroid?
(a) Quick and easy, just like writing.
(b) You point and shoot at what you think you want, but it does not always turn out as expected.
(c) Anybody can take a Polariod picture, as long as there is film in the camera.
(d) You are not supposed to know what the picture looks like until it finishes developing.

3. What are good ways to start writing groups?
(a) Put an ad in the newspaper and ask your family members.
(b) Ask people from class, or put an ad in the newpapers and on bulletin boards.
(c) Put an ad on a bulletin board and ask people on the street.
(d) Ask people on the street and your family members.

4. How do you get your confidence and intuition back?
(a) By exercising daily.
(b) By stopping the chattering of the rational mind.
(c) By taking a writing class.
(d) By calling a friend.

5. What does Anne consider a gift if you have it?
(a) Patience with a three-year-old.
(b) Sophisticated innocence.
(c) A connection with the Dalai Lama.
(d) Ability to speak another language.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Anne write?

2. What does Anne state is the most degrading occupational hazard of being a writer?

3. Of Anne's former students, the four that formed a writing group, how many of them had been published?

4. What is Anne's response to her students question about knowing when they are done?

5. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?

(see the answer key)

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