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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6, Being A Writer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the advantage of the omniscient viewpoint?
(a) It allows movement between characters.
(b) It allows a character to physically describe himself.
(c) It is easier for the writer.
(d) It allows the writer to show more personality.

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

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

4. What does the unconscious mind spawn?
(a) Faith.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Fear.
(d) Stories.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Knight suggests that the most important element of a story is the ___________.

2. According to Knight, what does a good writer write?

3. What does Knight suggest is most important to consult when a writer hits a troublesome spot?

4. When is the only time that Knight says readers should not avoid writing in dialect?

5. According to Knight, what does fiction require to be believable?

(see the answer key)

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