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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 What does Anne say that unpublished writers need?

2. Why did we lose access to our broccoli?

3. According to Anne, what is publication not going to do for you?

4. How do Anne's students often respond when asked why they want to write?

5. When you are still, and breathing calmly, what can happen, according to Anne?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Anne have index cards all over her house?

3. What are the two things that put Anne in the spirit to give?

4. Why does writing matter, according to Anne?

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

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

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

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

9. Why do Anne students sometimes take on the voice of popular writers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Anne is encouraged to read all types of writing, such as plays and poetry, as well as all the good books she can get her hands on. How can reading all types of writing expand your material as a writer?

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