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

2. Why is jargon, or corporate speak, so prevalent in business writing?
(a) There is a lack of writing skills learned in college because all the focus is on business.
(b) It is the industry standard.
(c) It is prevalent because subordinates think that the executives want jargon-filled writing in order to sound more professional.
(d) People lose their ability to write when they take a job since they stop writing.

3. What advice does Zinsser give to employees who want to change business writing?
(a) Write the way they want regardless of what their bosses say.
(b) Keep trying to change it and make it better.
(c) Complain to HR.
(d) Take their concerns to the board.

4. Why is the English language changing all the time?
(a) It changes because of regional differences that make their way outwards.
(b) It changes because it is a living language.
(c) It changes because academics choose the best ways to speak English and try to teach that to children.
(d) It changes because people don't know how to speak it properly and are changing the way it is spoken.

5. Why is it important for writers to stick to industry standards?
(a) The industry wants everything to be the same so they can catalogue writing more easily.
(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) To sell magazines.