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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 11 Nonfiction as Literature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the transaction in writing?
(a) How much facts a writer uses.
(b) How much a writer talks about themselves.
(c) The bookbuying process.
(d) How much a writer gives of themselves rather than of facts.

2. Who is the real audience in a piece of writing?
(a) The author.
(b) Both the editor and author.
(c) The reader.
(d) The editor.

3. Who is rivaling everything that Zissner is saying?
(a) A doctor who writes for a hobby.
(b) The professor of the class.
(c) A student in the audience.
(d) Another writer.

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

5. Does skipping grammar check save a writer time?
(a) Yes. It is uneccessary since the editor can check grammer.
(b) Yes, it is one less thing the writer has to do.
(c) No, they have to do line edits anyways to check grammar.
(d) No. It harms the writer, and makes more work for them and the editors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a dash useful for?

2. Why is the above a problem?

3. What is it that the bad writers mentioned above do that makes their writing terrible?

4. Who do authors please first with their writing?

5. Why is nonfiction more popular than fiction?

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