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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 9 The Lead and the Ending.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some limitations of perfect grammar?
(a) Good grammer makes for boring writing.
(b) Some writers don't have perfect grammar and therefore cannot get published.
(c) Hindering points, establishing author moods, and painting word pictures.
(d) Lack of expressionism when grammar is perfect.

2. Why does he recommend starting in the preferred tense?
(a) It causes writer's to think about the reader.
(b) It makes it easier for people to relate to.
(c) It brings out the natural voice.
(d) It creates a teacher student relationship.

3. What is the problem with American writing?
(a) It isn't complex enough.
(b) The writing is too sloppy.
(c) Americans are bad at fact checking.
(d) It is too complex.

4. Where should the writer find his or her words?
(a) From modern euphanisms that people can relate to.
(b) From a thesaraus.
(c) From a dictionary.
(d) From within the subconscious to the writing consciousness

5. What does Zissner think of gimmicky writing?
(a) It is what gets writers through the door.
(b) It is the secret to selling a book.
(c) It is worth a try to sell a book or article.
(d) It never works.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attitude should writers embrace towards their editors?

2. When should a writer choose the point of view in a piece of writing?

3. Who is rivaling everything that Zissner is saying?

4. How can uncluttered writing help fiction?

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

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