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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. From where did Anne's Special Olympics article start to emerge?
(a) A Polaroid of three of the athletes.
(b) The cool man.
(c) Her lunch.
(d) The girl on crutches.

2. What is the way to hold a reader's attention?
(a) Good plots.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Drama.

3. What advice does Anne's hypnotist give her about the negative voices?
(a) Imagine they are mice, pick them up, and drop them in a mason jar with a lid.
(b) Listen to the voices and do exactly what each one says.
(c) Imagine they are dogs snarling at you and yell at them.
(d) Pretend you are on a TV talkshow.

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

5. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?
(a) By hiring an excellent editor.
(b) By drinking lots of wine.
(c) By writing a bad first draft.
(d) By getting a good agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?

2. What is the basic formula for drama?

3. What was Vonnegut's comment on writing?

4. What is at least half the battle Anne faces in her daily writing?

5. Anne tells her students they can use paranoia as wonderful material, and then recites a poem. Who is the author of the poem?

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