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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. A moral position is not a message, but what is it according to Anne?

2. Why did Pammy's doctor tell Anne to watch Pammy carefully in her final days?

3. What does Anne sometimes use her index cards for?

4. What did Anne's therapist tell her jealousy was?

5. What did Anne and her friend Carpenter do for each other on the day they both had books out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anne say is a major step is in relying on your own intuition?

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

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. Does Anne consider calling around work?

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

7. 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?

8. How does Anne say someone reading your material can help you?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anne starts off the last chapter by again encouraging her students to write about their childhood. Why does she place so much emphasis on writing about your childhood? How did we look at the world when we were children? What do you have to gain emotionally from writing about your childhood? What do you have to gain for your future work?

Essay Topic 2

In Part 4, Publication and Other Reasons to Write, Section 1, Writing a Present, Toni Morrison is quoted as saying, "The function of freedom is to free someone else." How can writing free another person, such as the reader? In what ways does writing affect the writer?

Essay Topic 3

A feeling Anne suffers from throughout the book is paranoia. In Part 1 Writing, Section 1 Getting Started, what does Anne tell her students about paranoia and the other painful feelings? She goes on to read a poem by Phillip Lopate about paranoia. What are the reactions of the students?

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