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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 4, Perfectionism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne tell her students the reason to write is?
(a) To get published.
(b) To get noticed and make lots of money.
(c) To find a good agent.
(d) To create books.

2. What advice did E. L. Doctorow have about writing?
(a) "Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
(b) "Writing makes me paranoid. I don't recommend it."
(c) "Writing a novel is like making dinner. If you do prep work, the cooking comes easy."
(d) "Writing a novel is like taking a horse to water, but then he does not drink."

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

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

5. What does the one-inch picture frame remind her of?
(a) How she is too old for orthodontia.
(b) All she has to do is write as much as she can see through the one-inch picture frame.
(c) That she only has to write one inch of words that day.
(d) How big her mole is getting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anne's comment on messes?

2. What was Anne's first poem about that got any attention?

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

4. What is Anne's first useful concept about?

5. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?

(see the answer key)

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