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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 11 Nonfiction as Literature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the English language changing all the time?
(a) It changes because people don't know how to speak it properly and are changing the way it is spoken.
(b) It changes because it is a living language.
(c) It changes because of regional differences that make their way outwards.
(d) It changes because academics choose the best ways to speak English and try to teach that to children.

2. What happens when a writer writes in unclear ways?
(a) They lose the interest of the reader.
(b) Their book gets tagged as abstract literature and nobody ever reads it.
(c) Their writing doesn't make sense.
(d) They don't get published.

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

4. Which is the simplest sentence?
(a) Simplicity.
(b) Simplicity is opporite clutter.
(c) Simplicity is the direct opposite of clutter.
(d) Simplicity is the opposite of clutter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What should every paragraph end with?

2. What are the best aspects of a good story?

3. What is a common problem with nonfiction writers?

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

5. What is the main thing readers think when starting an article?

(see the answer key)

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