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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second stage of a developing writer?
(a) Story becomes trivial.
(b) Story becomes famous.
(c) Story becomes insignificant.
(d) Story becomes a plot.

2. Which of the following can be used as inspiration?
(a) Television, books, and movies.
(b) All of these.
(c) Conversations.
(d) Dreams and journals.

3. What does Knight claim can be used to summarize a theme?
(a) A word.
(b) A sentence.
(c) A story.
(d) A paragraph.

4. What does the unconscious mind require?
(a) Characters.
(b) Bias.
(c) Information.
(d) Stories.

5. What type of knowledge does Knight believe makes a good writer?
(a) General and broad knowledge.
(b) Knowledge in a specific field.
(c) Knowledge in many specific fields.
(d) No knowledge, only senses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tolstoy able to do remarkably well?

2. What journey does Knight expect writers to take?

3. When a writer first creates a character, how do they start?

4. What is the third stage of the developing writer?

5. Which of the following is expected to be true?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a story comprised of?

2. What is meaning in a story?

3. What does it mean for a writer to write only what he knows?

4. According to Knight, what sparks an idea for a story?

5. What is Knight's goal throughout the book?

6. What are the advantages of having a surprise ending?

7. What is the third stage of a developing writer?

8. What pleasurable elements does Knight insist a story must have?

9. What does a reader expect at the end of a story?

10. What does Knight mean when he says that writers need to learn to see?

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