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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Idea into Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Knight unable to do as a teenager?
(a) Finish stories.
(b) Create settings.
(c) Create titles.
(d) Create conflict.

2. Which of the following matches the definition Knight has given for tension?
(a) Setting and character development.
(b) Introducing a new character or setting.
(c) One plot multiplies into two or three.
(d) Complication of the story.

3. Which of the following is an example of learning to see?
(a) Accepting the past.
(b) Having knowledge.
(c) Using details.
(d) Remembering dates.

4. What type of writing style does not require the conscious mind's work?
(a) Short story writing.
(b) Realism.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Non-fiction.

5. What stage of the developing writer will the writer get out of if he or she develops the main character?
(a) Stage 3.
(b) Stage 2.
(c) Stage 1.
(d) Stage 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of a story without conflict, according to Knight?

2. What is a story comprised of?

3. What does the unconscious mind require?

4. What was Tolstoy able to do remarkably well?

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

(see the answer key)

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