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

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

4. Chapter 3 is about __________.
(a) Reducing clutter.
(b) Increasing the simplicity of writing.
(c) Simplicity.
(d) Clutter.

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

6. How does a writer become better at his craft?
(a) By taking initiative to improve every day.
(b) By reading everything.
(c) By taking a writing class.
(d) By avoiding trashy novels.

7. What is one way of saving time?
(a) Solely relying on grammar and spell check.
(b) Not doing a story outline.
(c) Skipping spell check.
(d) Learning to write over eighty words per minute.

8. Who is the real audience in a piece of writing?
(a) The author.
(b) The reader.
(c) The editor.
(d) Both the editor and author.

9. What makes a good first sentence?
(a) A good first sentence has a good lead. A good lead is one that works.
(b) The first sentence only sets up the second sentence. That is the one writers should focus on.
(c) A good ending is best to tie up the first sentence.
(d) A good first sentence needs to be written with exceptional grammer.

10. What is a natural inclination for writers when they start a piece?
(a) They assume the readers know what they are writing about.
(b) They don't give enough background information.
(c) They ramble through an unnecessary introduction.
(d) Writers assume readers know nothing about what they are writing about.

11. How does a thesaurus help with brainstorming?
(a) The book provides brainstorming exercises.
(b) Looking up a word leads to a list of related words and gives overal word choices and concepts.
(c) There are pictures of mindmaps within each thesaurus.
(d) The book gives a list of unrelated words that weeds out the bad choices.

12. How does Zinsser approach unusual words?
(a) He is very welcoming of a transforming English language.
(b) He is very conservative and will never cross a proper word line.
(c) He is modern when it comes to English, but would rather keep it simple.
(d) He accepts some, but not all.

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

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

15. What are the two components of the original Roget's Thesaurus?
(a) Antonyms with very in depth definitions.
(b) A list of synonyms and their definitions with pictures on one side.
(c) A dictionary of antonyms, and one of synonyms.
(d) A dictionary listing of words, and a numberd section with synonyms arranged in broad concepts.