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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Controlling A Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must a writer resist the impulse to do in creating characters, according to Knight?
(a) Creating stereotypical characters.
(b) Creating settings that are too complicated.
(c) Creating characters that are simply extensions of the author.
(d) Creating characters without motivation.

2. For Knight, which of the following is most useful in developing characters?
(a) Environment.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Constraints.
(d) Self-reliance.

3. What question does Knight suggest the writer ask about 'what'?
(a) What is the story about?
(b) What is causing tension in the story?
(c) What is the character's motivation?
(d) What is the significance of the villain?

4. What does Knight want to let students know about writing?
(a) How to write enthusiastically.
(b) What they are in for.
(c) Why it's good to write.
(d) Why they should be creative.

5. What does Knight know he cannot pump into people?
(a) Skill.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Enthusiasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of names should characters have?

2. What does Knight describe as being one sentence leading to another?

3. Which of the following does Knight suggest about rhyme, alliteration, and consonance?

4. Which of the following characteristics does Knight associate with learning to feel?

5. With which of the following does Knight claim to struggle ?

(see the answer key)

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