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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Controlling A Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Knight say about mismatching mood and tone?
(a) Sometimes it can be effective.
(b) It can only work when the mood and tone are still somewhat similar.
(c) It can never be effective.
(d) It can only work when the mood is comical.

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

3. Which of the following conclusions did Knight arrive at?
(a) It is possible to teach somebody how to read.
(b) It is possible to teach somebody how to write.
(c) It is not possible to teach somebody how to write.
(d) It is not possible to teach somebody how to write in the correct genre.

4. The setting must be limited to _________.
(a) A room.
(b) A locale.
(c) A city.
(d) Setting is not limited.

5. Which of the following is expected to be true?
(a) Fiction.
(b) Short stories.
(c) Dramatic stories.
(d) Nonfiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Knight suggest the writer ask about 'what'?

2. A mass of over-description is referred to as which of the following?

3. For Knight, which of the following is most useful in developing characters?

4. In what type of courses does the author take part ?

5. Who wrote a story about a potentate whose wife died?

(see the answer key)

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