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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 does Knight want to let students know about writing?
(a) What they are in for.
(b) How to write enthusiastically.
(c) Why it's good to write.
(d) Why they should be creative.

2. What was the first bad habit that Knight had as a teenager?
(a) He did not know how to create a character.
(b) He would create great stories but weak titles.
(c) He would start with a weak sentence.
(d) He would start with one good sentence and not know what to do next.

3. What type of view of a scene can the writer have to avoid over-describing a scene?
(a) A broad view.
(b) An insignificant view.
(c) A narrow view.
(d) A descriptive view.

4. Who wrote a story about a potentate whose wife died?
(a) Ellis.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Wells.
(d) Kafka.

5. Which of the following means using the simplest words to tell a story?
(a) Clarity.
(b) Complexity.
(c) Consecutiveness.
(d) Economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knight describe as being the most successful type of writer?

2. Which of the following does Knight say is good for creativity?

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

4. What are the emotions that the author intends to evoke from a reader indirectly?

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

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