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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 does Anne state is the most degrading occupational hazard of being a writer?
2. How do Anne's students often respond when asked why they want to write?
3. What is libel?
4. What did Jean Rhys write about the success of writers?
5. What voice does Anne say is the real and true voice of a writer?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Anne students sometimes take on the voice of popular writers?
2. Why does writing matter, according to Anne?
3. What do Annie Dillard and Anne say about giving to your work?
4. Does Anne consider calling around work?
5. 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?
6. What has Anne found to be the best ways of dealing with station KFKD?
7. What does Anne state is the myth of publication?
8. In dealing with our characters, what is moral material, according to Anne?
9. Why does Anne have index cards all over her house?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Anne titles Part 3, "Help Along the Way." This section is filled with helpful ideas to get a writer writing. How can you apply these ideas to your daily life, even if you are not a writer?
Essay Topic 2
Short assignments and bad first drafts are the most helpful things Anne has to impart about writing. Pick either the short assignment or bad first draft, and explain the motivation, process, and outcome of the task.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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