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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne suggest finding a partner to read your work?

2. What does Anne believe drives a writer's work?

3. What does Anne suggest feedback from someone close to you yields?

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

5. What does Anne consider a most depressing experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Anne's article about being a lifelong Giants fan originate?

2. In dealing with our characters, what is moral material, according to Anne?

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

4. Does Anne consider calling around work?

5. In Part 3, Help Along the Way, Section 1, Index Cards, Anne uses the index cards not only for notes, but in what other way?

6. What has Anne found to be the best ways of dealing with station KFKD?

7. In Part 4, Publication and Other Reasons to Write, Section 1, Writing a Present, Anne describes bowling as life at its most immediate. What did she mean by this?

8. What does Anne say one's own broccoli can tell them?

9. Good things happen to bad writers, mainly, anyone who is not you. Why does this happen according to Anne?

10. Anne states that writers strive to tell the truth. Can truth be told as a one-liner on a bumper sticker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is publication so important so some writers? Do you think these people will ever see writing its own reward? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast finding a writing partner to forming a reading group, and discuss the effectiveness of both.

Essay Topic 3

What is the moral point of view? Why should you put yourself at the center of your writing? Why should the truth be unfolded layer after layer, instead of like a one-liner on a bumper sticker?

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