On Writing Well Quiz | One Week Quiz A

William Zinsser
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

On Writing Well Quiz | One Week Quiz A

William Zinsser
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 18 Writing About the Arts: Critics and Columnists.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is there an opportunity for great creative writing?
(a) LIterary journals.
(b) At the local library.
(c) Online at freelance job web sites.
(d) Writing for the arts is the best opportunity to write creatively.

2. What is one task that a good writer constantly does?
(a) Reads contemporary and classic works of other writers.
(b) Takes writing classes often.
(c) Participates in writing workshops.
(d) Sends manuscripts out like crazy.

3. What is a strange but effective way of proofreading to check for errors?
(a) Reading under a blacklight.
(b) Reading a piece backwards.
(c) Reading a story upside down.
(d) Reading through a window.

4. What do interviews do for the writer?
(a) They make a writer feel stupid since he or she does not know that much about a subject.
(b) They make a writer less valid, since he or she needs to interview several people to create one article.
(c) They make the writer an expert in a given subject.
(d) Interviews humanize a topic, making a boring topic interesting.

5. Can a writer simply write the article with one interview?
(a) No, there should always be mulitple interviews.
(b) Yes, but it is better to have mulitple interviews and meld them together into one incident.
(c) No, editing is too hard with just one interview.
(d) Yes, but it should be avoided because people forget things in the first interview.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does reading aloud do for the writer?

2. Why do criticism writers have to be at a higher level than other writers?

3. How does a thesaurus help with brainstorming?

4. What are the two components of the original Roget's Thesaurus?

5. What is a major job of a nonfiction writer?

(see the answer key)

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