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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. Where did Anne get the idea to use broccoli as her intuition?
(a) Mel Brooks.
(b) Samuel Goldwyn.
(c) The fourteenth Dalai Lama.
(d) Dr. Suess.

2. How does Anne define clutter?
(a) Makes her hold her breath.
(b) Easier to deal with if you put in specific piles.
(c) Wonderfully fertile ground.
(d) Something to be swept under the rug.

3. Where does Anne tell her students to start with their writing?
(a) Poems.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Third grade.
(d) A near-death experience.

4. Why did Pammy's doctor tell Anne to watch Pammy carefully in her final days?
(a) For Anne to see that cancer affects the body, but the essence of the person lives.
(b) Pammy's doctor did not want her as a patient any more.
(c) Pammy was teaching Anne how to live.
(d) For Anne to call and report Pammy's progress.

5. How does a writer end up with a good second draft or a terrific third draft?
(a) By writing a bad first draft.
(b) By hiring an excellent editor.
(c) By drinking lots of wine.
(d) By getting a good agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne describe writing for herself and most other writers she knows?

2. What is Henry James' classic line about a writer looking for his glasses which were atop his head?

3. How does Anne suggest finding a partner to read your work?

4. According to Anne, what is the way to "nail" a character?

5. What are great language tools that explain the unknown in terms of the known to the reader?

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