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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. How does Anne wish she could write all the time?
(a) Carefully and soulfully.
(b) Passionately and accurately.
(c) Truthfully and soulfully.
(d) Fastly and accurately.

2. Where does Anne say a moral position begins?
(a) In the heart of a character.
(b) In a bad first draft.
(c) In the plot treatment.
(d) In a proper set design.

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

4. What does Anne determine needs to be at the center of your stories?
(a) Grape jelly, raspberry has too many seeds.
(b) A beautiful set design.
(c) Something you care passionately about.
(d) A good climax.

5. What does Anne suggest you do when your mind starts to wander again and again?
(a) Blast heavy-metal music again.
(b) Call a friend again.
(c) Gently bring your mind back to your work.
(d) Take another nap.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Anne state you should explore and understand your childhood?

3. What did Annie Dillard say about writing?

4. How many people have told Anne they were thankful to know what the wire was on champagne bottles?

5. Whose work does Anne love to read when it comes out, but regrets that her students start writing like that author?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anne suggest writing a letter when you have run out of ideas of what to do next?

2. Six months before Pammy died, her doctor told Anne to watch her carefully. In dying, how was Pammy teaching Anne how to live? What effect has this had on Anne's writing?

3. What is the main reason Anne's students want to write?

4. What are some reasons that students attend Anne's writing classes?

5. What additional benefit results from Anne calling around in search for the name of the wire thing topping champagne bottles?

6. How does Anne suggest jealousy can be beneficial for a writer?

7. What does Anne state is the myth of publication?

8. According to Anne, how can having a writing group affect you and your work as a writer?

9. How can breathing calmly affect you when KFKD is playing?

10. In Part 4, Section 4, Publication, Anne is humbled by two events. What were they?

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