1. What is a requirement for good literary criticism?
(a) Knowing the subject that the writer wants to write about.
(b) Subscribing to arts magazines.
(c) Having a comparitive literature degress.
(d) Frequenting the theatre often.

2. Does Zissner believe in the journalism model for good writing?
(a) No, journalism is dead and the writing is poor.
(b) Yes, it saves space and uses modern words.
(c) No because journalists use cheap words and buzz words.
(d) Yes, it is efficient and catchy.

3. What are the two components of the original Roget's Thesaurus?
(a) Antonyms with very in depth definitions.
(b) A list of synonyms and their definitions with pictures on one side.
(c) A dictionary of antonyms, and one of synonyms.
(d) A dictionary listing of words, and a numberd section with synonyms arranged in broad concepts.

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

5. When does the writing start for a nonfiction article?
(a) It starts when the interviewing process and research is complete.
(b) It starts before the interview but after the research.
(c) It starts before interviewing to set up the article paragraphs.
(d) It starts whenever the writer is ready to start.