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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 ability do great authors have?
(a) The ability to get an inside on reading trends.
(b) The ability to write whenever they want.
(c) The ability to write perfectley grammatical pieces.
(d) The ability to ignore rules of grammar.

2. Why is the above a problem?
(a) Writers end up editing too much.
(b) Usually the first two or three paragraphs of a piece can be cut.
(c) Writers need to start at the end and work their way up.
(d) Writers don't put enough effort into their writing.

3. Why is it important for writers to stick to industry standards?
(a) To sell magazines.
(b) Readers likely played the sport they are reading about and want to know what happened from a standard perspective.
(c) To be good writers, since the industry sets the standard.
(d) The industry wants everything to be the same so they can catalogue writing more easily.

4. What is the mood or voice in a piece?
(a) Mood or voice is the way a piece sounds to the reader in the imaginations inner ear.
(b) The mood is the way the characters feel in a piece.
(c) Mood or voice is the way the characters speak to one another.
(d) The voice is the authority figure in a nonfiction piece.

5. What is a strange but effective way of proofreading to check for errors?
(a) Reading under a blacklight.
(b) Reading a story upside down.
(c) Reading through a window.
(d) Reading a piece backwards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does this misconception exist?

2. What are the best aspects of a good story?

3. Do readers generally like knowing about athletes' personal lives?

4. Chapter 3 is about __________.

5. Why is it important to narrow down a nonfiction piece?

(see the answer key)

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