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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of view of a scene can the writer have to avoid over-describing a scene?
(a) A descriptive view.
(b) An insignificant view.
(c) A broad view.
(d) A narrow view.

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

3. What point in the book is the easiest for a writer to become "stuck"?
(a) After ending.
(b) Near the end.
(c) Near the beginning.
(d) Before beginning.

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

5. What is consonance?
(a) Repetition of vowel sounds.
(b) Prose.
(c) Repetition of final consonant sounds.
(d) Repetition of similar words.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following should a writer not do, according to Knight?

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

3. What is alliteration?

4. What type of market is subject to cycles and fads?

5. What genre was once the preeminent genre?

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