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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 would most help a writer develop their writing?
(a) Creating many new plots without stories.
(b) Seeking professional help.
(c) Self-criticism.
(d) Self-pity.

2. What is the first stage of a developing writer?
(a) The writer is writing for an audience.
(b) The writer is writing for nobody.
(c) The writer is writing for himself.
(d) The writer is writing for money.

3. What is the job of the conscious mind?
(a) Delivers information.
(b) Steals ideas from the unconscious mind.
(c) Makes ideas from the unconscious mind sensible.
(d) Creates empathy.

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

5. What is consonance?
(a) Repetition of similar words.
(b) Repetition of final consonant sounds.
(c) Repetition of vowel sounds.
(d) Prose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knight describe as being the force that compels the writer to write a story?

2. If Knight were able to teach writing effectively, what might it destroy?

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

4. What is Damon Knight's occupation?

5. Who wrote a story about a potentate whose wife died?

(see the answer key)

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