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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a consequence of not following an editor's advice?
(a) Not being published.
(b) Getting published in the wrong genre.
(c) Publishing a bad story.
(d) Not finding a good market for publication.

3. What type of word ending does Knight suggest writers avoid using too many of?
(a) -s words.
(b) -er words.
(c) -ed words.
(d) -ing words.

4. What are the emotions that the author intends to evoke from a reader indirectly?
(a) Mood.
(b) Repetition.
(c) Voice.
(d) Tone.

5. 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.

6. How does a writer try to evoke emotions from a reader?
(a) Diction.
(b) Length of dialogue.
(c) Imagery.
(d) All of these.

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

8. For thousands of years, what was the only acceptable viewpoint?
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Second.
(d) Detached.

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

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

11. Which pronoun would an author use to refer to the second person narrator?
(a) He.
(b) You.
(c) They.
(d) I.

12. When referring to dialogue, why is it important to use different words in place of "said"?
(a) To maintain fluency.
(b) To maintain interest.
(c) To maintain consistency.
(d) To maintain clarity.

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

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

15. What type of market is subject to cycles and fads?
(a) Western short stories.
(b) Commercial non-fiction.
(c) Contemporary fiction.
(d) Commercial fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. If the writer is creating a fictional town or building, how does Knight suggest creating integrity?

2. According to Knight, what is the most important element that the ending offers a reader?

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

4. What is the voice a writer uses to tell parts of a story or differences in characters?

5. What genre was once the preeminent genre?

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