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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Knight say is good for creativity?
(a) Eating.
(b) Conversing.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Playing games online.

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

3. What does Knight promise to share with the reader?
(a) Creativity.
(b) The ability to create fantastic characters.
(c) Techniques.
(d) The ability to write.

4. What can a writer observe to create empathy?
(a) Television.
(b) Animals.
(c) People.
(d) Blogs.

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

6. In the writer's mind, what is the hero usually like?
(a) Slow developing.
(b) Angry and hostile.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Flawed intensely.

7. When the hero is perfect, what does the story lack?
(a) Depth.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Plot.
(d) Sidekick.

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

9. What is the job of the conscious mind?
(a) Creates empathy.
(b) Makes ideas from the unconscious mind sensible.
(c) Steals ideas from the unconscious mind.
(d) Delivers information.

10. What does Knight want to let students know about writing?
(a) How to write enthusiastically.
(b) What they are in for.
(c) Why they should be creative.
(d) Why it's good to write.

11. What does Knight believe is created by interest and energy?
(a) Plot.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Character development.
(d) Tension.

12. Which book did Vonda McIntyre gain inspiration from for Dreamsnake?
(a) A family member's journal.
(b) Dictionary.
(c) Harry Potter.
(d) Encyclopedia Britannica.

13. What does the unconscious mind require?
(a) Bias.
(b) Information.
(c) Stories.
(d) Characters.

14. What was Knight unable to do as a teenager?
(a) Create conflict.
(b) Create settings.
(c) Create titles.
(d) Finish stories.

15. What does Knight describe as being the set of imaginary events designed to create anticipation in the reader?
(a) Plot.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Setting.
(d) Character.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Knight, what does fiction require to be believable?

2. What must a writer accept in order to have adequate sympathy?

3. Which of the following matches the definition Knight has given for tension?

4. When a writer first creates a character, how do they start?

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

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