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

2. What are Zissner's feelings about writing?
(a) Writing is a craft that is developed over time.
(b) Writing is easy and anyone can do it.
(c) Writing can easily be taught.
(d) Writing is difficult, but with the right tools, anyone can do it.

3. What is the old view of nonfiction?
(a) That it is the only respectable form of writing.
(b) That it is all commentary that means nothing to anyone but the writer.
(c) That it is the best form of writing because it is factual and real.
(d) That it is only journalism which isn't a respectable form of writing.

4. What does a Thesaurus help a writer with, besides finding alternate words?
(a) A thesaurus can help when writing in another language.
(b) Provides easy word webs.
(c) The book can help a writer become an expert in opposites.
(d) A thesaurus is a powerful stimulant to a writer's imagination.

5. What is the main attitude that writers have today?
(a) To write literature, the way it was defined before WWII.
(b) To be published in the New Yorker.
(c) To write well, regardless of whether it is fiction or nonfiction.
(d) To write modern literature and be the next best author.