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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the voice a writer uses to tell parts of a story or differences in characters?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Diction.
(c) Tone.
(d) Persona.

2. What is described as not allowing a story to be bogged down by overly complex sentences?
(a) Fluency.
(b) Diction.
(c) Word placement.
(d) Variety.

3. What question does Knight suggest the writer ask about 'why'?
(a) Why is the main character important?
(b) Why are they doing what they're doing?
(c) Why is the plot significant?
(d) Why is the villain significant?

4. When is the only time that Knight says readers should not avoid writing in dialect?
(a) The writer wants to write with dialect.
(b) The character with dialect is a secondary character.
(c) The writer has intimate knowledge of the speech pattern.
(d) The character with dialect is the main character.

5. Which of the following should a writer not do, according to Knight?
(a) Revise a story many times.
(b) Pay attention to the market.
(c) Write westerns or commercial fiction.
(d) Avoid having an editor.

6. Through which viewpoint can the writer enter only one character's mind?
(a) First person omniscient.
(b) Limited omniscient.
(c) Second person.
(d) Omniscient.

7. Which pronoun refers to the narrator in the third person point of view?
(a) We.
(b) He.
(c) You.
(d) I.

8. Knight gives an example that sometimes a new writer relies on what part of a character to create interest?
(a) Romance.
(b) Personality.
(c) Family.
(d) Profession.

9. What does Knight describe as having emotional sensitivity?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Short story.
(d) Prose.

10. What is the term used to describe the opposite of a satisfying resolution by Knight?
(a) Blank.
(b) Fade-out.
(c) Negative.
(d) Fade-in.

11. What must a writer draw on to write the perfect ending?
(a) Momentum of the story as a whole.
(b) The use of diction and repetition.
(c) Character and plot development.
(d) Resolution of conflict.

12. Which of the following does Knight suggest for finding good information about publishing requirements?
(a) Literature Marketing Center.
(b) Literature and Book Market.
(c) Literary Book Market.
(d) Literary Market Place.

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

14. What is alliteration?
(a) Repetition of vowel sounds.
(b) Repetition of consonant sounds.
(c) Repetition of similar meaning words.
(d) Repetition of juxtaposing terms.

15. Through which viewpoint does the writer avoid entering the mind of any character?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Omniscient.
(c) Second person.
(d) Detached.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of reviewing work after it is complete?

2. Which of the following is not an example of a tone?

3. If the writer feels the story is becoming boring, what does Knight believe is necessary?

4. Which of the following pronouns refers to the narrator when a story is written in the first person point of view?

5. What does Knight describe as being irrelevant and confusing for both the reader and writer?

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