Creating Short Fiction Test | Final Test - Easy

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Creating Short Fiction Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which point of view does Knight believe to provide the most flexibility?
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Detached.
(d) Second.

2. What does Knight say about mismatching mood and tone?
(a) Sometimes it can be effective.
(b) It can only work when the mood and tone are still somewhat similar.
(c) It can only work when the mood is comical.
(d) It can never be effective.

3. The setting must be limited to _________.
(a) Setting is not limited.
(b) A locale.
(c) A city.
(d) A room.

4. To sell his story, of what must a writer be aware?
(a) How to edit a book entirely on his own.
(b) How to talk to magazine editors.
(c) The market.
(d) Different literary agents and their priorities.

5. What does Knight suggest as being significant when dealing with an editor?
(a) Writers need to listen to editors.
(b) Writers should not edit their books at all.
(c) Writers should take what editors say lightly.
(d) Writers should avoid seeking professional editors.

6. After writing a book, how long does Knight suggest that the writer should step away from it?
(a) A few months.
(b) A couple weeks.
(c) A year.
(d) A few days.

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

8. Which of the following is not an example of a revision to a manuscript?
(a) Changing the name of a character.
(b) Adding a line of dialogue to create fluency.
(c) Creating a title.
(d) Changing the ending.

9. What types of names should characters have?
(a) Ordinary names.
(b) Believable names.
(c) Nicknames in addition to believable names.
(d) Strange names.

10. According to Knight, what is the most important element that the ending offers a reader?
(a) Resolution.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Rising action.
(d) Knowledge.

11. What question does Knight suggest the writer ask about 'what'?
(a) What is the significance of the villain?
(b) What is the character's motivation?
(c) What is the story about?
(d) What is causing tension in the story?

12. In terms of writing, to what does economy refer?
(a) Saying the least with the most amount of words.
(b) Saying the most with accuracy and appropriate diction.
(c) Using ony simple words when appropriate.
(d) Saying the most with the least amount of words.

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

14. Which of the following is a reason Knight gives for an author not finishing a story?
(a) He does not know enough about his characters.
(b) He does not think of an appropriate title.
(c) He does not know a common theme throughout the story.
(d) He does not think he can succeed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knight describe as being one sentence leading to another?

2. What point in the book is the easiest for a writer to become "stuck"?

3. According to Knight, which point of view is the most difficult for a writer to cope with?

4. What question does Knight suggest the writer ask about 'why'?

5. What type of view of a scene can the writer have to avoid over-describing a scene?

(see the answer keys)

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