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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Idea into Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Tolstoy able to do remarkably well?
(a) Create setting.
(b) Create plot.
(c) Create characters.
(d) Create names.

3. What type of knowledge does Knight believe makes a good writer?
(a) No knowledge, only senses.
(b) Knowledge in many specific fields.
(c) General and broad knowledge.
(d) Knowledge in a specific field.

4. Which of the following does Knight say is not a story?
(a) A plot and a problem.
(b) Characters and plot.
(c) A series of events.
(d) Disconnected pieces of information.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knight want to let students know about writing?

2. What is the result of a story without conflict, according to Knight?

3. What can a writer participate in, in order to learn about empathy?

4. According to Knight, what does fiction require to be believable?

5. When one sleeps, what can provide an answer to a story?

(see the answer key)

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