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

2. 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) Imagine they are dogs snarling at you and yell at them.
(c) Listen to the voices and do exactly what each one says.
(d) Pretend you are on a TV talkshow.

3. How does Anne tell her students to train the unconscious to kick in?
(a) Sit down to write at approximately the same time every day.
(b) Drink wine and eat chocolate, then write.
(c) Phone an off-putting friend, that will get your creative juices going.
(d) Listen to classical music.

4. Who are the two authors that Anne says have written well about plot?
(a) Flannery O'Conner and Faulkner.
(b) John Gardner and Faulkner.
(c) Rosemary Wells and Doreen Cornin.
(d) E. M. Forester and John Gardner.

5. How does Anne define clutter?
(a) Easier to deal with if you put in specific piles.
(b) Wonderfully fertile ground.
(c) Makes her hold her breath.
(d) Something to be swept under the rug.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Anne's opinion, who writes bad first drafts?

2. What does Alice Adams' ABDCE formula stand for, in writing a short story?

3. Where does Anne tell her students to start with their writing?

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

5. Where does plot grow from?

(see the answer key)

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