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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must a writer accept in order to have adequate sympathy?

2. What does Knight know he cannot pump into people?

3. Which of the following conclusions did Knight arrive at?

4. The writer refers to the unconscious mind as ____________.

5. Which of the following matches the definition Knight has given for tension?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Knight say is not a story?

2. Describe the conscious mind.

3. What is meaning in a story?

4. How can one learn to empathize?

5. Describe the quadrangle that Knight introduces.

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

7. What are some of the resources that Knight suggests writers use?

8. Why does Knight suggest that non-writers have a hard time understanding writers?

9. Describe the work habits that a writer must have.

10. What is mood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the four stages of the developing writer as Knight describes them? Why is each stage significant? What must a writer going through the stages of development do to get out of each stage?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the work habits that a writer should have, according to Knight. What should a writer do to be successful? What should a writer avoid to be successful?

Essay Topic 3

Knight places emphasis on the end of a story. Why? What does Knight suggest that all readers want in an ending? What makes a bad ending?

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