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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If Knight were able to teach writing effectively, what might it destroy?
(a) Intuition.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Cognitive ability.
(d) Reading.

2. What journey does Knight expect writers to take?
(a) Amateur to professonal.
(b) Uncreative to dramatically creative.
(c) Fixated to free.
(d) Mediocre to grand.

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

4. According to Knight, what have many writers never been taught?
(a) How to read.
(b) Why they write.
(c) How to write.
(d) What genre they should write.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Knight claim to struggle ?

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

3. In what field does Knight specialize ?

4. In what type of courses does the author take part ?

5. What is a story comprised of?

(see the answer key)

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