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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Section 5, Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anne suggest you should expect someone to review your work?
(a) In a harsh and savage way.
(b) In a gentle and encouraging way.
(c) In both a gentle and harsh way.
(d) With a big red crayon.

2. Secretly, why do some people attend Anne's writing class?
(a) To learn how to write better.
(b) To socialize.
(c) In hopes she will love their writing and send it to her agent.
(d) To become her friend.

3. How do you get your confidence and intuition back?
(a) By stopping the chattering of the rational mind.
(b) By exercising daily.
(c) By calling a friend.
(d) By taking a writing class.

4. What does Anne sometimes use her index cards for?
(a) Set design.
(b) Nothing, she throws them all away.
(c) Thought provoking party favors.
(d) Short assignments, to get writing again.

5. What can yield strange characters lurking in the shadows, according to Anne?
(a) Meditating.
(b) Eating school lunches.
(c) Taking a short assignment and writing a bad first draft.
(d) Working on a good plot line.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Anne tell her students to start with their writing?

2. What ultimately helped Anne overcome her jealousy?

3. In the beginning of Part 2, what does Anne say writing is about?

4. Besides going to classes and conferences, what is another way to receive feedback from other writers?

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

(see the answer key)

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