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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 16 Business Writing: Writing in Your Job.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ability do great authors have?
(a) The ability to ignore rules of grammar.
(b) The ability to write perfectley grammatical pieces.
(c) The ability to write whenever they want.
(d) The ability to get an inside on reading trends.

2. What group of people does the author think has the worst type of writing?
(a) Toddlers.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Musicians.

3. Why should companies learn to produce better writing?
(a) To produce more writing jobs.
(b) To get more clients to understand their terms.
(c) In a capitalistic world, there is always competition and good writing reduces it.
(d) To appeal to educators.

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

5. Cliche words should be avoided at all costs. What else should be avoided?
(a) Cliched details.
(b) Not describing a place enough.
(c) Overly describing a single place.
(d) Assuming the writer has already been to a place.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a writer become better at his craft?

2. What does Zissner use to highlight clutter in his students' writing?

3. Do good writers decorate their writing?

4. Why do Americans have trouble writing?

5. What type of memoirs does Zinsser like reading?

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