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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 8, Plot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does plot fall together?
(a) As you conform your characters to the plot in your outline.
(b) Piece by piece, like a puzzle.
(c) As you listen to jazz music and drink wine.
(d) As you listen to your characters and watch them move.

2. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?
(a) She does.
(b) Reporters.
(c) The birds.
(d) All good writers.

3. How does Anne describe writing for herself and most other writers she knows?
(a) Dewy and thrilled.
(b) Rapturous.
(c) Elegant.
(d) Not rapturous.

4. What magazine did Anne write food reviews for, before it folded?
(a) Food News Review.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) California.
(d) Pots and Pans.

5. What does Anne say perfectionism will block?
(a) The heart, mind, and spirit.
(b) Inventiveness, playfulness, and life force.
(c) Radio station KFKD and the distracting voices.
(d) Flow, form, and set design.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two authors that Anne says have written well about plot?

2. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?

3. What does Anne say you have to get over, or you will not go far in your writing?

4. What does Anne say good writing is about?

5. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?

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