1. What freedom does he give his students?
(a) He lets everyone out early on Fridays.
(b) The power to decide what to write about, what angle to take, what perspective, and what to cut out.
(c) He doesn't give deadlines, the gives very little guidance, and just lets people write and turn in first drafts.
(d) He doesn't give freedom. He is very demanding of his students.

2. Where should the writer find his or her words?
(a) From a dictionary.
(b) From within the subconscious to the writing consciousness
(c) From a thesaraus.
(d) From modern euphanisms that people can relate to.

3. What should the lead in the first sentence do for a reader?
(a) It should capture the reader and force him or her to keep reading.
(b) It should introduce the article informatively and let the reader know it will be a good read.
(c) It should tell the reader very little about the article, so he or she will continue reading.
(d) It should be very basic to hook in all types of readers.

4. 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.

5. What does Zinsser make sure his paragraphs do?
(a) He makes sure that the last paragraph references all the paragraphs before it.
(b) He makes sure each paragraph draws the reader onward through the entire story.
(c) He proofreads and makes sure the right punctuation is used throughout.
(d) He makes sure they all flow and summarize themselves at the end.