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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through which viewpoint can the writer enter only one character's mind?
(a) Limited omniscient.
(b) First person omniscient.
(c) Omniscient.
(d) Second person.

2. What does Knight describe as having emotional sensitivity?
(a) Prose.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Short story.

3. What is described as not allowing a story to be bogged down by overly complex sentences?
(a) Diction.
(b) Fluency.
(c) Variety.
(d) Word placement.

4. What does Knight describe as being one sentence leading to another?
(a) Fluency.
(b) Consecutiveness.
(c) Repetition.
(d) Diction.

5. According to Knight, which point of view is the most difficult for a writer to cope with?
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Third.
(d) Detached.

6. What type of word ending does Knight suggest writers avoid using too many of?
(a) -ed words.
(b) -s words.
(c) -er words.
(d) -ing words.

7. Which is true about the lives of characters in a book?
(a) They are important to understanding the author's motivation.
(b) They are significant on a large scale.
(c) Their lives end when the author stops writing.
(d) Their lives continue on past the book.

8. What genre was once the preeminent genre?
(a) Western.
(b) Historical non-fiction.
(c) Literary fiction.
(d) Romance.

9. What must a character be given to create motivation?
(a) A romantic ultimatum.
(b) The choice between happiness and unhappiness.
(c) The choice between life and death.
(d) The ability to win or lose.

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

11. What type of view of a scene can the writer have to avoid over-describing a scene?
(a) A narrow view.
(b) A broad view.
(c) A descriptive view.
(d) An insignificant view.

12. When is the only time that Knight says readers should not avoid writing in dialect?
(a) The writer has intimate knowledge of the speech pattern.
(b) The writer wants to write with dialect.
(c) The character with dialect is a secondary character.
(d) The character with dialect is the main character.

13. What does Knight say about mismatching mood and tone?
(a) It can only work when the mood is comical.
(b) It can never be effective.
(c) Sometimes it can be effective.
(d) It can only work when the mood and tone are still somewhat similar.

14. What is consonance?
(a) Repetition of final consonant sounds.
(b) Repetition of similar words.
(c) Repetition of vowel sounds.
(d) Prose.

15. The setting must be limited to _________.
(a) A locale.
(b) A room.
(c) A city.
(d) Setting is not limited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a reason Knight gives for an author not finishing a story?

2. Which of the following does Knight suggest for finding good information about publishing requirements?

3. Which of the following does Knight specifically say writers should avoid using too many times?

4. Which of the following does background not refer to?

5. Which of the following is not a pleasurable element that Knight describes?

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