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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 16 Business Writing: Writing in Your Job.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does reading aloud do for the writer?
(a) It helps the writer compare their work to others.
(b) Catches simple mistakes and clumsy constructions.
(c) It is a therapeutic process signifying the end of a story.
(d) It allows writers to understand their own writing.

2. What happens when a product of writing is never read?
(a) It becomes worthless and a waste of good time.
(b) The author's reputation is harmed.
(c) It gets categorized under the bad books section.
(d) It gets burned.

3. Why does the doctor write?
(a) He writes because he hates being a surgeon.
(b) He writes for fun.
(c) He writes to make extra money.
(d) He is writing a book.

4. Why is consistency in verb tense so important?
(a) It is important for slower readers to follow along.
(b) It is important so that verbs don't get confused with nouns.
(c) Very tense consistency is important so that the reader does not become lost in the timing of events.
(d) It is important for the development of characters, and to set up a plot.

5. What is the main attitude that writers have today?
(a) To write modern literature and be the next best author.
(b) To be published in the New Yorker.
(c) To write literature, the way it was defined before WWII.
(d) To write well, regardless of whether it is fiction or nonfiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of people does the author think has the worst type of writing?

2. What has literature transformed into?

3. How does Zinsser approach unusual words?

4. How can uncluttered writing help fiction?

5. Can a writer's style be affected to the reader?

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