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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a writer has an idea but the phrasing is escaping him, what next course of action does Knight suggest should be next?
(a) Continue and come back to this part later.
(b) Consult a thesaurus or rhyming dictionary.
(c) Skip this part entirely.
(d) Stop and take a break.

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

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

4. What is the term that means that any writing not relevant should be eliminated?
(a) Consideration.
(b) Compression.
(c) Editing.
(d) Repression.

5. If a writer finds too much wrong with a manuscript when reviewing it, what does Knight suggest might have to happen?
(a) The writer seeks professional editing help.
(b) The writer sells it as is.
(c) The writer spends days on end reviewing it some more.
(d) The writer abandons it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Knight suggest the writer ask about 'what'?

2. What type of resolution does Knight suggest a writer needs to create?

3. When is the only time that Knight says readers should not avoid writing in dialect?

4. Which pronoun would an author use to refer to the second person narrator?

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

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