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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 must a character be given to create motivation?
(a) A romantic ultimatum.
(b) The choice between life and death.
(c) The choice between happiness and unhappiness.
(d) The ability to win or lose.

2. What question does Knight suggest the writer ask about 'what'?
(a) What is the character's motivation?
(b) What is the story about?
(c) What is causing tension in the story?
(d) What is the significance of the villain?

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

4. What does Knight describe as being one sentence leading to another?
(a) Fluency.
(b) Repetition.
(c) Consecutiveness.
(d) Diction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the unconscious mind require?

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

3. How does a writer try to evoke emotions from a reader?

4. Which of the following can be used as inspiration?

5. Through which viewpoint does the writer avoid entering the mind of any character?

(see the answer key)

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