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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6, Being A Writer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Knight, what is the most important element that the ending offers a reader?
(a) Conflict.
(b) Rising action.
(c) Resolution.
(d) Knowledge.

2. For whom does an editor want the writer to be writing?
(a) The reader.
(b) Himself.
(c) The editor.
(d) The media.

3. When one sleeps, what can provide an answer to a story?
(a) Conscious.
(b) Unconscious.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Subconscious.

4. What does Knight describe as being the end of conflict?
(a) Plot.
(b) Impetus.
(c) Epiphany.
(d) Resolution.

5. When a writer first creates a character, how do they start?
(a) Outline the character's psyche.
(b) Develop three dimensions.
(c) Assign physical characteristics.
(d) Develop one dimension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Knight unable to do as a teenager?

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

3. What type of view of a scene can the writer have to avoid over-describing a scene?

4. Which of the following elements must be present in a story for it to be complete?

5. Which of the following describes Knight's view of precision?

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