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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 4 Style.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could cause a writer to write unclear?
(a) Not having enough experience.
(b) Not having brainstormed enough.
(c) Not taking any writing classes.
(d) Not knowing what they want to say.

2. What happens when the reader loses interest in the writing?
(a) She writes a bad review.
(b) He puts down the book.
(c) The transaction between author and writer is broken.
(d) She throws the book.

3. What is it that the bad writers mentioned above do that makes their writing terrible?
(a) They use too many euphemisms.
(b) They lie too much.
(c) They have bad grammar.
(d) They don't check their facts.

4. What is the main thing required to being a good writer?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Passion.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Good editing.

5. Who are two authors that Zissner admires for solid writing and ornamentation?
(a) Sylvia Plath and Jane Austen.
(b) Virginia Woolfe and Sylvia Plath.
(c) Normal Mailer and Virginia Wolfe.
(d) Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is rivaling everything that Zissner is saying?

2. Why doesn't Zissner provide examples of these writers he admires?

3. What other group of people uses euphemisms or fad terms?

4. Good writing is ______________.

5. How can uncluttered writing help fiction?

(see the answer key)

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