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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 Ethan Canin's idea of the most valuable thing about writing?
(a) A strong plot.
(b) Good dialog.
(c) Using a sanserif font.
(d) A likeable narrator.

2. Ten days before Pammy died, she went shopping with Anne. On this excursion Anne figured out what Pammy's essence was. What was it?
(a) It was about how well she wrote checks.
(b) It was about who she was, not what she could do with her hands.
(c) It was about her checks and her clothes.
(d) It was about who she was, not her clothes.

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

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

5. According to Anne, what is the way to "nail" a character?
(a) Set design.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Plot.
(d) Hammers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Anne writing about when she contacted an expert to help her with the set design?

2. Aside from talking to people, what are other ways to gather ideas for set design?

3. What is a plot treatment?

4. How does Anne tell her students to train the unconscious to kick in?

5. What does the title, False Starts, mean?

(see the answer key)

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