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Writing Test
Jennifer Curtis
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Copyright 1997, Softdisk Publishing
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$TOPIC
Writing Test
Medium
4
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$QUEST
The Academy of American Poets is located in:
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Washington, DC
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$QUEST
"Night Without End" was written by:
Alistair MacLean
Robert Stevenson
Edgar Allen Poe
Stephen King
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"Emmeline Grangerford" was a character in:
Huckleberry Finn
Thinner
The Godfather
The Shining
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$QUEST
Mozart's first name was:
Wolfgang
Amadeus
Igor
none of the above
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"Night of the Iguana" was written by:
Tennessee Williams
John Irving
Matthew Brady
Dean Koontz
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$QUEST
Rudyard Kipling wrote:
The Jungle Book
Tales of the Crypt
Lions and Tigers and Bears
The Wizard of Oz
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$QUEST
A distributor:
buys and resells
sells directly to the public
works with authors on an as-needed basis
none of the above
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"Freelancers" are hired on a:
contractual basis
permanent basis
semi-permanent basis
none of the above
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$QUEST
Lengthy commercials are termed:
infomercials
spots
Addies
none of the above
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$QUEST
An editor responsible for completion of a manuscript is also called the:
all of the above
substantive editor
development editor
content editor
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$QUEST
"..." is a(n):
ellipsis
parenthetic remark
dangling participle
colon
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$QUEST
"@" stands for:
at
above
beyond
so that
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$QUEST
The number of "points" to a "pica" is:
12
6
2
1
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$QUEST
An "en dash" is ___ as long as an "em dash".
one-half
one-third
twice
three times
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$QUEST
A synonym for "evoke" is:
all of the above
raise
excite
awaken
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An "essay" is typically:
short
long
novel-length
novella-length
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"Et al" means:
and others
all of us
including
etceteras
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"Tar Baby" was written by:
Toni Morrison
Zora Neale Hurston
Alice Walker
none of the above
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"The Jungle" was:
an expose
a story of nature
a story of a boy who lived with beasts
none of the above
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An "exposition" can be:
nonfiction
fiction
narration
all of the above
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$QUEST
"ff" is the abbreviation for:
folios
freelance fee
federal fee
feature
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$QUEST
Peter Straub wrote:
Shadowland
Eyes of the Dragon
It
Thinner
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$QUEST
A "hyperbole" is:
an exaggeration
a decision
a change in plot
an extemporaneous setting
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If writing is "ironic":
its meaning is the opposite of its literal meaning
it is similar to another work by the same author
it is sarcastic
it is facetious
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A "kill fee" is:
for a work that is assigned but not published
for blacklisted authors
assigned to feature articles only
always a sign that an editor is dissatisfied with the author's work
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A synonym for "libel" is:
defamation
fame
infamous
candor
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$QUEST
A "limerick" is constructed with:
5 lines
4 lines
9 lines
an infinite number of lines
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$QUEST
A typical sheet of paper (in inches) is:
8.5 x 11
11 x 14
9 x 4
3 x 5
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$QUEST
"ms" stands for:
manuscript
masthead
mass
make substantial changes
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"Onomatopoeia" is:
all of the above
contained by the word "plop"
shown by the word "fizz"
a word representing a physical sound
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$QUEST
"Paraphrasing" means:
replacing or restating a quote to clarify meaning
using similar text
replacing a specific phrase
using a pair of phrases
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A "pseudonym" is a(n):
pen name
writer's last name
indexing system
none of the above
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A "periodical" is:
all of the above
published regularly
a journal or magazine
usually not a newspaper
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$QUEST
When an animal or inanimate object takes on human form, this is known as:
personification
identification
literary abdication
illusion
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$QUEST
An "imprint" is:
a publisher's particular line of books
an error in print
located on the dedication page
the foreword
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";" is a:
semi-colon
colon
comma
none of the above
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$QUEST
A "colophon" is a:
logo
publisher
book jacket
advertisement
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$QUEST
The "CLIO" awards are for:
advertising
songwriters
writers
poets
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$QUEST
Felix Mendelssohn was a:
classical musician
jazz musician
playwright
actor
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$QUEST
Richard Wright wrote:
Native Son
Boys are Blue
Harlem Blues
jazz
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