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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Controlling A Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the third stage of the developing writer?
(a) Story is complete but weak in structure or character.
(b) Structure and story are strong but character is weak.
(c) Story is strong.
(d) Characterization is complete but story is weak.

2. For Knight, which of the following is most useful in developing characters?
(a) Self-reliance.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Constraints.
(d) Environment.

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

4. When is the only time that Knight says readers should not avoid writing in dialect?
(a) The writer has intimate knowledge of the speech pattern.
(b) The writer wants to write with dialect.
(c) The character with dialect is a secondary character.
(d) The character with dialect is the main character.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following means using the simplest words to tell a story?

3. If the writer is creating a fictional town or building, how does Knight suggest creating integrity?

4. What does Knight describe as being the set of imaginary events designed to create anticipation in the reader?

5. What type of word ending does Knight suggest writers avoid using too many of?

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