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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. Has the period of political euphemisms improved since the Vietnam War?
(a) No, it has gotten worse.
(b) No, it is the same.
(c) Yes, politicians hire better speech writers.
(d) Yes, politicians know how to unclutter their writing now.

2. What method of writing does Zissner use?
(a) New Journalism.
(b) Bold paragraph approach.
(c) Old Journalism.
(d) Cluster writing.

3. What is one task that a good writer constantly does?
(a) Participates in writing workshops.
(b) Reads contemporary and classic works of other writers.
(c) Takes writing classes often.
(d) Sends manuscripts out like crazy.

4. Who are two authors that Zissner admires for solid writing and ornamentation?
(a) Normal Mailer and Virginia Wolfe.
(b) Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe.
(c) Virginia Woolfe and Sylvia Plath.
(d) Sylvia Plath and Jane Austen.

5. What should writers focus on when writing travel pieces?
(a) Substance and exaggerating adjectives.
(b) Style and substance.
(c) Information and substance.
(d) Style and sentence structure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a memoir?

2. Who is rivaling everything that Zissner is saying?

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

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

5. Writers should always look for ________________.

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