View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Section 12, Plot Treatment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the basic formula for drama?
(a) Buildup, payoff, setup.
(b) There is no formula, drama naturally occurs.
(c) Setup, buildup, payoff.
(d) Setup, switch, sendoff.

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

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

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

5. What was Anne writing about when she contacted an expert to help her with the set design?
(a) A vegetable medley.
(b) A Special Olympics race.
(c) A garden.
(d) A kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Anne feel after the basketball game?

2. When talking with a subject expert about kitchens, what are good questions to ask about the kitchen?

3. What do we want out of important characters, such as a narrator?

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

5. What is Anne's comment on messes?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 280 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample