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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Section 4, Publication.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Anne's response when her students ask her for the best writing advice?
(a) She tells them to meditate.
(b) She quotes a Buddhist disciple.
(c) She picks up a piece of paper and pantomimes writing on it.
(d) She twirls a flower in the air.

2. When talking with a subject expert about kitchens, what are good questions to ask about the kitchen?
(a) How best to keep stainless steel appliances clean.
(b) What were the smells and stains like?
(c) What were the sights and sounds like?
(d) What were the sights, sounds, and smells like?

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

4. Of Anne's former students, the four that formed a writing group, how many of them had been published?
(a) All of them.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. What did Anne and her friend Carpenter do for each other on the day they both had books out?
(a) Consoled each other with boxes of chocolates and martinis.
(b) Unknowingly went to the same bookstore for a signing.
(c) Called each other to say congratulations.
(d) Unknowingly sent flowers to each other.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When a character takes on a characteristic that you have no good experience in, what should you do?

3. What are bound galleys?

4. Every writer needs discipline, but what is one way Anne suggests to give yourself a break and still be productive?

5. What does the image of putting an octopus to bed describe?

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