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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Developing Your Talent as A Writer.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of writing style does not require the conscious mind's work?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Short story writing.
(c) Realism.
(d) Surrealism.

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

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

5. What is a story comprised of?
(a) Components.
(b) Subjects.
(c) Objects.
(d) Characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is an example of learning to hear?

2. Which of the following does Knight say is not a story?

3. What is the fourth stage of the developing writer?

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

5. What does the unconscious mind require?

(see the answer key)

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