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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 can a writer use to help him or her flesh out a character or situation?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Plot.
(c) Description.
(d) Snapshots.

2. Through which viewpoint can the writer enter the mind of any character?
(a) Limited omniscient.
(b) Omniscient.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) First person limited.

3. What type of word ending does Knight suggest writers avoid using too many of?
(a) -s words.
(b) -ed words.
(c) -er words.
(d) -ing words.

4. In what type of courses does the author take part ?
(a) Fiction writing.
(b) Distance learning.
(c) Article writing.
(d) Grammar and spelling.

5. Which of the following matches the definition Knight has given for tension?
(a) Setting and character development.
(b) Introducing a new character or setting.
(c) Complication of the story.
(d) One plot multiplies into two or three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes Knight's view of precision?

2. Which of the following elements must be present in a story for it to be complete?

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

4. Which pronoun would an author use to refer to the second person narrator?

5. Which of the following does Knight specifically say writers should avoid using too many times?

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