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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the beginning of Part 2, what does Anne say writing is about?
2. What image does Anne use to help her gather dialog for characters?
3. What two qualities are needed to communicate effectively according to Anne?
4. What is the question Anne's students always ask?
5. What was Anne writing about when she contacted an expert to help her with the set design?
Short Essay Questions
1. At some point you may need to design a set for your characters that you know nothing about. What avenues does Anne suggest taking to gain the knowledge you need?
2. What does a bad first draft provide a writer, according to Anne?
3. In Part 2, The Writing Frame of Mind, Section 1, Looking Around, what is writing about, and how do we see the writer?
4. When Anne was writing food reviews, how did allowing herself to write bad first drafts help her?
5. According to Anne, how does knowledge of a character develop?
6. How does Anne compare writing a first draft to watching a Polaroid develop?
7. In Part 1, Section 12, Plot Treatment, Anne had been working on a book for over two years that still was not acceptable to her editor. How does she describe the plot treatment she wrote, which was accepted by her editor, and gained her the last of her advance?
8. How did having a mother and father who read, and a father who was a writer, affect Anne's life?
9. Readers need a sense that an important character, such as a narrator, is reliable. How does Anne suggest that writers accomplish this?
10. Alice Adams suggests the ABDCE formula for writing a short story. How can formulas be a great way to get us started?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Part 4, Publication and Other Reasons to Write, Section 1, Writing a Present, Toni Morrison is quoted as saying, "The function of freedom is to free someone else." How can writing free another person, such as the reader? In what ways does writing affect the writer?
Essay Topic 2
In Section 4, Part 3, Giving, Anne compares giving to your work to giving to a three-year-old. How is giving to a three-year-old an effective metaphor for giving to your work? Do you agree or disagree that giving to your work is like giving to a three-year-old? Why or why not? If you disagree, what is good metaphor for how you give to your work?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast finding a writing partner to forming a reading group, and discuss the effectiveness of both.
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