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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Beginning a Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Knight, what does fiction require to be believable?
(a) A measure of truth.
(b) Small details.
(c) Realistic setting.
(d) Extreme falsehoods.

2. What is the job of the conscious mind?
(a) Makes ideas from the unconscious mind sensible.
(b) Delivers information.
(c) Creates empathy.
(d) Steals ideas from the unconscious mind.

3. What is the third stage of the developing writer?
(a) Story is strong.
(b) Characterization is complete but story is weak.
(c) Structure and story are strong but character is weak.
(d) Story is complete but weak in structure or character.

4. What does Knight describe as being a writer's job?
(a) Nothing can be clear.
(b) Everything must fit and flow.
(c) Everything must make sense.
(d) Nothing can be abstract.

5. For thousands of years, what was the only acceptable viewpoint?
(a) Second.
(b) Detached.
(c) First.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which pronoun refers to the narrator in the third person point of view?

3. Which point of view does Knight believe proves to be most awkward?

4. What does the unconscious mind require?

5. What journey does Knight expect writers to take?

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