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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 must the solution to a story evoke?
(a) Emotion.
(b) An impresson.
(c) A sense of conclusion.
(d) Clarity.

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

3. According to Knight, what have many writers never been taught?
(a) Why they write.
(b) How to read.
(c) How to write.
(d) What genre they should write.

4. When the hero is perfect, what does the story lack?
(a) Plot.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Sidekick.
(d) Depth.

5. What does Knight believe is created by interest and energy?
(a) Plot.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Character development.
(d) Tension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knight describe as being the most successful type of writer?

2. What is the first stage of a developing writer?

3. What does Knight describe as being a writer's job?

4. What does Knight describe as being the set of imaginary events designed to create anticipation in the reader?

5. What was Tolstoy known for having?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Knight advise about drinking and drugs?

4. What does Knight say is not a story?

5. What tips does Knight give to writers about viewpoints?

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

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

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

9. What are the advantages of the omniscient viewpoint?

10. Describe the first stage of the developing writer.

(see the answer keys)

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