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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Anne define perfectionism?
(a) An abundantly jealous form of writing.
(b) A mean, frozen form of idealism.
(c) The only way to write.
(d) Chewing gum will relieve it.

3. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?
(a) The girl on crutches.
(b) The cool man.
(c) A Polaroid of three of the athletes.
(d) Her lunch.

4. Why does Anne write?
(a) She is a good typist.
(b) She wants to and she is good at it.
(c) She has read C. S. Lewis.
(d) Her father was a writer.

5. What is Anne's response when her students ask her for the best writing advice?
(a) She twirls a flower in the air.
(b) She tells them to meditate.
(c) She picks up a piece of paper and pantomimes writing on it.
(d) She quotes a Buddhist disciple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most of Anne's students assume about why well-respected writers's books turn out beautifully?

2. What do we want out of important characters, such as a narrator?

3. What is Anne's first useful concept about?

4. What magazine did Anne write food reviews for, before it folded?

5. What is a plot treatment?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1, Section 12, Plot Treatment, Anne had been working on a book for over two years that still was not acceptable to her editor. How does she describe the plot treatment she wrote, which was accepted by her editor, and gained her the last of her advance?

2. How does Anne warn against writing towards a climax or destination?

3. How does Anne say perfectionism affects writing?

4. How did Anne's article on the Special Olympics start off? How did it turn out?

5. What does a bad first draft provide a writer, according to Anne?

6. With every work there will always be more that you could have done. What does Anne warn us against with this thought?

7. How does the one-inch picture frame on Anne's desk put her in the mind to write a short assignment?

8. According to Anne, how are we able to see the underlying essence of a person?

9. Another of Anne's stories stems from the movie Stripes. The line is "Hey, lighten up Francis." How is this story helpful to her students?

10. Plot is the main part of your story. How does the plot best grow organically, according to Anne?

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