Bird by Bird Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bird by Bird Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Section 6, Writers Block.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne sometimes use her index cards for?
(a) Thought provoking party favors.
(b) Short assignments, to get writing again.
(c) Set design.
(d) Nothing, she throws them all away.

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

3. According to Anne, what can the writing of an informal letter free you from?
(a) Perfectionism.
(b) Plot treatments.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Paranoia.

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

5. When writing her letter to Sam, who did Anne picture peering over her shoulder?
(a) Dr. Suess.
(b) Pammy.
(c) Her editor.
(d) Sam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne consider a most depressing experience?

2. When you are stuck in your writing, but you can not leave it alone, what is something Anne suggests to try?

3. Besides calling around, what is another way to escape the isolation of writing?

4. What is the way to hold a reader's attention?

5. Where does the image of putting an octopus to bed come from?

(see the answer key)

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