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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 was Vonnegut's comment on writing?
(a) I write with crayons, it is prettier.
(b) When I write, I feel like an armless legless man with a crayon in his mouth.
(c) Writing is an extension of the soul onto a blank canvas in sheer poetic movements.
(d) When I write, I shoot for the stars and end up somewhere on the moon.

2. What movie line does Anne suggest as a good one to tape to the wall of your office?
(a) "Hey - lighten up, Francis."
(b) "Climb every mountain."
(c) "Jeremiah was a bullfrog."
(d) "From sun up to sun down I am the best writer in town."

3. What is at least half the battle Anne faces in her daily writing?
(a) Having enough paper in the printer.
(b) All the characters talking at one time.
(c) Writing a bad first draft.
(d) Quieting the critical voices.

4. What is on Anne's desk that reminds her of short assignments?
(a) A ruler.
(b) A short stubby pencil.
(c) A pair of shorts.
(d) A one-inch picture frame.

5. What does Anne say you have to get over, or you will not go far in your writing?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Perfectionism.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) Hypochondria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a recurring problem that Anne sees in her students?

2. What does Anne say perfectionism will block?

3. How does Anne define perfectionism?

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

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

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