2. Is there room for opinion when writing a sports article?
(a) Yes. Readers trust sports writers to make sports predictions about their favorite teams.
(b) Absolutely not.
(c) There is always room for commentary.
(d) Writers should limit commentary and stick to the stats.

3. Where does a writer need to start to get his or her voice discovered?
(a) A writer needs to emulate other writers and see how they utlilize their voices in their writing.
(b) Sign up for a talent search.
(c) Go to a literary agent and ask how to get their voice out.
(d) Read stories aloud at poetry clubs or book clubs.

4. Why do criticism writers have to be at a higher level than other writers?
(a) Only those able to understand the arts can write about them, and very little people can.
(b) Criticism need to be stronger at literary elements because they need to recreate a scene or a song in the imagination of their readers with words only.
(c) Criticism is harder to write about because it tends to be less attractive than other writing.
(d) Criticism writers are no different. They still need to use the same basic rules of writing.

5. Where did Zinsser learn how to write?
(a) From reading good books.
(b) He learned while he was deployed during WWII.
(c) He taught himself.
(d) From reading the New York Herald.

6. How is humor used in writing nonfiction?
(a) It is used to make fun of people without them every knowing.
(b) It is never used. Nonfiction should always be serious.
(c) It is used to bring out points that cannot be made in a straight forward manner.
(d) It is used to practice jokes for stand up comedians.

7. What was the best advice Zinsser ever received about having opinions in writing?
(a) It was to argue both sides of a story.
(b) To never second guess a story.
(c) Take a stand and stick to it. One should never "go peeing down both legs."
(d) To always second guess an argument and make a pro and con list.

8. What stops Americans from writing memoirs?
(a) An attitude to please teachers and not readers.
(b) People don't like reading memoires.
(c) Memoires don't sell well enough.
(d) Editors hate reading memoirs therefore don't pick them up.

9. What approach to a place should writers take?
(a) To go around asking the locals questions.
(b) To go within a place and see how it impacts the writer.
(c) Just writing ambiguously.
(d) Reading other travel pieces and compare them.

10. What is the biggest fear that nonfiction writers have?
(a) Having their computer break, mid story, without having saved a word.
(b) Having people laugh at their article, that wasn't a humorous piece.
(c) Not being able to sell their story that they worked so hard on.
(d) Not being able to bring off an assignment and get it dont with any justice.

11. What is a memoir?
(a) They are fiction peices about real people.
(b) They are books about other people written by ghostwriters.
(c) They can be about any life experience.
(d) They are stories about immigrants.

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

13. What occurs when business writing is bad?
(a) People will get fired for bad writing.
(b) Investors will agree to terms they do not understand.
(c) Customers will go elsewhere to buy their goods and services.
(d) Executives get fired for pawning off simple writing tasks.

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

15. What does Zinsser think about this misconception?
(a) He agrees with it and thinks writers can never understand complex scientific theories.
(b) He states anyone can write about anything if his approach is correct.
(c) He agrees with it and thinks scientists cannot write at all.
(d) He disagrees with it, but offers no reason why.