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

2. What is the advantage of the omniscient viewpoint?
(a) It allows a character to physically describe himself.
(b) It is easier for the writer.
(c) It allows the writer to show more personality.
(d) It allows movement between characters.

3. Which point of view does Knight believe proves to be most awkward?
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Detached.
(d) Second.

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

5. When one sleeps, what can provide an answer to a story?
(a) Conscious.
(b) Unconscious.
(c) Subconscious.
(d) Conscience.

Short Answer Questions

1. The setting must be limited to _________.

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

3. Which of the following dialogues have been known to spark an idea for a story?

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

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

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