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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Developing Your Talent as A Writer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an example of learning to hear?
(a) Use details.
(b) Have knowledge.
(c) Watch television.
(d) Have a different perspective.

2. What is Damon Knight's occupation?
(a) Critic.
(b) Professor.
(c) High school teacher.
(d) Historian.

3. What was Tolstoy able to do remarkably well?
(a) Create plot.
(b) Create characters.
(c) Create names.
(d) Create setting.

4. What is the fourth stage of the developing writer?
(a) Writer corrects weaknesses.
(b) Writer is discouraged.
(c) Writer becomes enthusiastic.
(d) Writer learns from professionals.

5. What is the first stage of a developing writer?
(a) The writer is writing for himself.
(b) The writer is writing for nobody.
(c) The writer is writing for money.
(d) The writer is writing for an audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knight want to let students know about writing?

2. What type of knowledge does Knight believe makes a good writer?

3. When one sleeps, what can provide an answer to a story?

4. In the writer's mind, what is the hero usually like?

5. In what field does Knight specialize ?

(see the answer key)

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