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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. What ultimately helped Anne overcome her jealousy?
2. According to Anne, when did we hear and listen to our intuition?
3. What did Anne have after a full day of calling around?
4. Why does Anne state that writing matters?
5. What does Anne suggest you do when your mind starts to wander again and again?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Anne's article about being a lifelong Giants fan originate?
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 additional benefit results from Anne calling around in search for the name of the wire thing topping champagne bottles?
4. What two books did Anne write as gifts and why?
5. What are the two things that put Anne in the spirit to give?
6. Why does Anne encourage her students to write out of vengeance, as long as they do it nicely?
7. What does Anne state is the myth of publication?
8. 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?
9. How does Anne suggest jealousy can be beneficial for a writer?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
On the first day of class, Anne tells her students that good writing is about telling the truth. What kind of attitude do the students have the first few days? How does their attitude change in the following days? Why does their attitude change?
Essay Topic 3
Jealousy is considered the most difficult voice on KFKD to overcome. Anne is extremely jealous of a writer friend. Anne's therapist tells her that jealousy is a secondary emotion stemming from feeling excluded and deprived, and, if she works on these two emotions, she could break through the jealousy. How do you see Anne being excluded or deprived in her childhood? Do you agree with Anne's therapist's diagnosis? Why or why not?
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