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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characteristics does Knight associate with learning to feel?
(a) Respect.
(b) Tolerance.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Responsibility.

2. What must a writer resist the impulse to do in creating characters, according to Knight?
(a) Creating stereotypical characters.
(b) Creating characters that are simply extensions of the author.
(c) Creating settings that are too complicated.
(d) Creating characters without motivation.

3. What is the fourth stage of the developing writer?
(a) Writer becomes enthusiastic.
(b) Writer is discouraged.
(c) Writer learns from professionals.
(d) Writer corrects weaknesses.

4. When is the only time that Knight says readers should not avoid writing in dialect?
(a) The writer wants to write with dialect.
(b) The writer has intimate knowledge of the speech pattern.
(c) The character with dialect is the main character.
(d) The character with dialect is a secondary character.

5. Knight suggests that the most important element of a story is the ___________.
(a) Idea.
(b) Diction.
(c) Writing style.
(d) Fluency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knight promise to share with the reader?

2. The writer refers to the unconscious mind as ____________.

3. What are the emotions that the author intends to evoke from a reader indirectly?

4. What does Knight describe as being irrelevant and confusing for both the reader and writer?

5. To sell his story, of what must a writer be aware?

(see the answer key)

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