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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should emerge once a story evolves, according to Knight?
(a) Plot.
(b) Tension.
(c) Theme.
(d) Setting.

2. Which is true about the lives of characters in a book?
(a) Their lives continue on past the book.
(b) They are significant on a large scale.
(c) Their lives end when the author stops writing.
(d) They are important to understanding the author's motivation.

3. Which of the following does Knight suggest about rhyme, alliteration, and consonance?
(a) They are necessary despite his disdain for them.
(b) They are appropriate in creating clarity and fluency.
(c) They are prose that are almost too poetic.
(d) They are poetry that is prose-like.

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 character with dialect is the main character.
(c) The character with dialect is a secondary character.
(d) The writer wants to write with dialect.

5. If a writer has an idea but the phrasing is escaping him, what next course of action does Knight suggest should be next?
(a) Stop and take a break.
(b) Consult a thesaurus or rhyming dictionary.
(c) Skip this part entirely.
(d) Continue and come back to this part later.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which point of view does Knight believe proves to be most awkward?

2. Which of the following does Knight say is not a story?

3. What stage of the developing writer will the writer get out of if he or she develops the main character?

4. What does Knight claim can be used to summarize a theme?

5. What does Knight describe as having emotional sensitivity?

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