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Creating Short Fiction Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Tolstoy able to do remarkably well?
(a) Create names.
(b) Create characters.
(c) Create setting.
(d) Create plot.

2. What journey does Knight expect writers to take?
(a) Fixated to free.
(b) Uncreative to dramatically creative.
(c) Mediocre to grand.
(d) Amateur to professonal.

3. What does the unconscious mind require?
(a) Characters.
(b) Stories.
(c) Information.
(d) Bias.

4. According to Knight, what does not work in stories?
(a) Details.
(b) Generalities.
(c) Settings.
(d) Introductions and conclusions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of courses does the author take part ?

2. What does Knight describe as being the set of imaginary events designed to create anticipation in the reader?

3. Which of the following can help somebody who needs to learn to hear?

4. For Knight, which of the following is most useful in developing characters?

5. What is Damon Knight's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the resources that Knight suggests writers use?

2. What does a reader expect at the end of a story?

3. Describe the quadrangle that Knight introduces.

4. How can a writer create tension?

5. Why is the second person perspective awkward?

6. What are some of the elements of style?

7. Describe the first stage of the developing writer.

8. When a writer makes revisions, what are the things a writer should consider?

9. According to Knight, what sparks an idea for a story?

10. How can a writer avoid the expository lump?

(see the answer keys)

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