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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Beginning a Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Through which viewpoint can the writer enter the mind of any character?
(a) Limited omniscient.
(b) Omniscient.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) First person limited.

3. According to Knight, what have many writers never been taught?
(a) How to read.
(b) How to write.
(c) Why they write.
(d) What genre they should write.

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

5. For thousands of years, what was the only acceptable viewpoint?
(a) Second.
(b) Third.
(c) Detached.
(d) First.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the advantage of the omniscient viewpoint?

2. What does Knight describe as being the end of conflict?

3. What are the materials in a story?

4. What is the third stage of the developing writer?

5. What does Knight claim can be used to summarize a theme?

(see the answer key)

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