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

2. What trap do journalists and editors fall into often?
(a) Not doing grammar checks.
(b) Using too many commas.
(c) Using cliches and made up words.
(d) Usin too many dashes.

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

4. Why do criticism writers have to be at a higher level than other writers?
(a) Criticism writers are no different. They still need to use the same basic rules of writing.
(b) Criticism need to be stronger at literary elements because they need to recreate a scene or a song in the imagination of their readers with words only.
(c) Only those able to understand the arts can write about them, and very little people can.
(d) Criticism is harder to write about because it tends to be less attractive than other writing.

5. What is a major job of a nonfiction writer?
(a) Taking on a project with a clean slate. Just like a jury in a legal battle.
(b) Learning as much as possible about a subject before taking on a project.
(c) Conducting interviews with people who know about the writing project subject.
(d) Majoring in the subject they will write about.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the etymology of words mean?

2. What is a strange but effective way of proofreading to check for errors?

3. What is one task that a good writer constantly does?

4. What is another important characteristic of a writer?

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

(see the answer key)

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