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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. What does Knight describe as being irrelevant and confusing for both the reader and writer?
(a) Describing directions.
(b) Describing physical locations.
(c) Describing motivation.
(d) Describing dialogue.

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

3. Which of the following is a question Knight suggests the writer must ask about 'who'?
(a) Who is telling the story?
(b) Who is the story about?
(c) Who is the protagonist?
(d) Who is the reader?

4. Which of the following does Knight say is not a story?
(a) Characters and plot.
(b) A plot and a problem.
(c) A series of events.
(d) Disconnected pieces of information.

5. What must a character be given to create motivation?
(a) The choice between happiness and unhappiness.
(b) A romantic ultimatum.
(c) The ability to win or lose.
(d) The choice between life and death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the materials in a story?

2. Which point of view does Knight believe proves to be most awkward?

3. Which of the following can be used as inspiration?

4. What does the unconscious mind require?

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

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