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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. What is the voice a writer uses to tell parts of a story or differences in characters?
(a) Persona.
(b) Diction.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Tone.

2. What is the result of a story without conflict, according to Knight?
(a) It has no appeal.
(b) It has bad characters and setting.
(c) It is a short story.
(d) It has a weak plot.

3. Which of the following genres does Knight suggest is almost extinct?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Romance.
(c) Historical.
(d) Western.

4. What is described as not allowing a story to be bogged down by overly complex sentences?
(a) Word placement.
(b) Diction.
(c) Variety.
(d) Fluency.

5. What must the solution to a story evoke?
(a) A sense of conclusion.
(b) An impresson.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Clarity.

Short Answer Questions

1. After stage four, what does the developing writer become?

2. What question does Knight suggest the writer ask about 'why'?

3. What does the unconscious mind spawn?

4. Which of the following characteristics does Knight associate with learning to feel?

5. Which of the following is not an example of a revision to a manuscript?

(see the answer key)

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