Self-scoring quiz

  1. [Name] was a thief, embezzler, child molester and liar who violently assaulted many people, including a 17 year old girl the week before his death.

The name is that of a respected church elder. Question 1: Is the statement defamatory? Q.2: Could you be sued?

Worth 2 points

  1. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear [name] happy birthday to you.

Q1: Do these words have copyright protection? Q.2: What might happen if you used these words in your feature article?

Worth 2 points

  1. A juror in the O'Flaherty case told me that another juror said to all the other jurors that he knew O'Flaherty was guilty because all Irish people have tempers and like to kill Protestants.

What concerns might you have about writing this in your story?

Worth 1 point

  1. Would you ever write under a pen name?

Under what circumstances might you use a pen name? What pen name would you use?

Worth 2 points

  1. A journalist's three most important research tools.

Worth 3 points

  1. Name these punctuation marks and symbols. The first letter is already written in for you.
  • . f
  • , c
  • * a
  • ( ) b
  • : c
  • [ ] s
  • ; s
  • - h
  • ... e
  • - d
  • " " q
  • / f
  • ! e
  • \ b
  • & a
  • # h

Worth 16 points

  1. Rewrite these sentences to correct or improve them. Or, don't change any you think are okay.
  • She is 6ft tall.
  • He died as a consequence of a total of not less than or more than 10 gunshots!!
  • At 4:00 p.m. he paid $10.00, and then at 1800 hrs he paid five dollars.

Worth 3 points

  1. Here are six sex-specific words. Write the sex-neutral equivalents next to them.
  • policewoman
  • workman
  • heroine
  • man-made
  • barmaid
  • man-hours

Worth 6 points

Self-scoring: your total out of a possible 35 points.