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

2. Can a writer's style be affected to the reader?
(a) No, it has to be genuine.
(b) Yes, so long as the writing is filled with rich prose.
(c) Yes, so long as the writing is really dense.
(d) No, it has to be manipulated.

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

4. Can a writer simply write the article with one interview?
(a) No, editing is too hard with just one interview.
(b) Yes, but it should be avoided because people forget things in the first interview.
(c) Yes, but it is better to have mulitple interviews and meld them together into one incident.
(d) No, there should always be mulitple interviews.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it important for writers to read constantly?

2. What is an example of a dead language?

3. How much research does Zinsser recommend for an article?

4. Does the author believe good writing is the result of an inherent talent?

5. What stops Americans from writing memoirs?

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