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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapter 20 The Sound of Your Voice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are writers like painters?
(a) Painters start with models and then learn to create in they own way. Writers use formulas then find their own voice.
(b) Writers and painters will destory their work if it is not to their expectations.
(c) They both have the freedom of creativity with no rules that bind them.
(d) Writing isn't like painting at all. Neither has anything in common with the other.

2. What type of memoirs does Zinsser like reading?
(a) He only reads novels.
(b) He likes reading memoirs about other writers and their experiences.
(c) He likes reading immigrant memoirs.
(d) He does not read memoirs.

3. What happens when writers do not stick to proper grammar rules?
(a) It distracts the readers and show conempt for the language.
(b) It makes readers believe that all writing is bad, and they won't ever read again.
(c) It makes readers mad.
(d) It creates more bad writers.

4. What problem does a scientist have when writing about science?
(a) Formatting simple sentences.
(b) He or she forgets to be human, and writes strictly about the science.
(c) Using jargon that only scientists can understand.
(d) Not following basic grammar rules.

5. What is a memoir?
(a) They are books about other people written by ghostwriters.
(b) They are fiction peices about real people.
(c) They can be about any life experience.
(d) They are stories about immigrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why should companies learn to produce better writing?

2. What period of writing constantly used semicolons?

3. What does Zinsser think about writing memoirs?

4. Do criticism writers need to take a stance on a show?

5. What advice does Zinsser give to employees who want to change business writing?

(see the answer key)

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