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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 does Knight describe as being the most successful type of writer?
(a) One who has lived outside the classroom.
(b) One who has spent a lot of time in the classroom.
(c) One who knows everything inherently.
(d) One who has never set foot in a classroom.

2. What is Damon Knight's occupation?
(a) Historian.
(b) Professor.
(c) High school teacher.
(d) Critic.

3. Which of the following does Knight not say a writer must learn to do when writing a story?
(a) Accept.
(b) See.
(c) Hear.
(d) Remember.

4. What question does Knight suggest the writer ask about 'what'?
(a) What is causing tension in the story?
(b) What is the story about?
(c) What is the character's motivation?
(d) What is the significance of the villain?

5. To sell his story, of what must a writer be aware?
(a) How to talk to magazine editors.
(b) The market.
(c) How to edit a book entirely on his own.
(d) Different literary agents and their priorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of resolution does Knight suggest a writer needs to create?

2. Which of the following does Knight specifically say writers should avoid using too many times?

3. In what field does Knight specialize ?

4. What is the voice a writer uses to tell parts of a story or differences in characters?

5. If a reader already knows information that the writer is repeating, what does it become?

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