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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 7 Usage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are in the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel?
(a) 14 writers and poets.
(b) 104 writers, poets, editors, and teachers.
(c) 10 writers.
(d) 1000 writers, poets, and editors.

2. What does the etymology of words mean?
(a) The sound of words.
(b) The history of words.
(c) The biology of words.
(d) The written scripts.

3. How does a thesaurus help with brainstorming?
(a) The book gives a list of unrelated words that weeds out the bad choices.
(b) The book provides brainstorming exercises.
(c) There are pictures of mindmaps within each thesaurus.
(d) Looking up a word leads to a list of related words and gives overal word choices and concepts.

4. What is a common problem writers have?
(a) Not writing at the same time every day.
(b) Writing too little.
(c) Writing too much at first.
(d) Starting at the true beginning.

5. Why doesn't Zissner provide examples of these writers he admires?
(a) Because of copyright law.
(b) He didn't want their writing to prove better than his.
(c) Because he has a word count limit to abide to.
(d) So that people will go to the library to discover the writers themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when a product of writing is never read?

2. Chapter 3 is about __________.

3. Why is the above a problem?

4. What does it convey when anyone says he can write a book if he wanted to?

5. When can ornamental writing be used as an exception?

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