Bird by Bird Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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 | Eight Week Quiz A

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

2. What does Anne say good writing is about?
(a) Outlines, plots, and themes.
(b) Spelling everything correctly.
(c) Telling the truth.
(d) Dialect.

3. What did Anne's father tell his students to read?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) All the great books and plays they could get their hands on.
(c) A few poems and hardback books.
(d) Only Thurber.

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

5. Why does Anne write?
(a) Her father was a writer.
(b) She wants to and she is good at it.
(c) She is a good typist.
(d) She has read C. S. Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Anne's father teach his class?

3. How does Anne define perfectionism?

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

5. What is Anne's father's occupation?

(see the answer key)

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