第一章 单元测试
1、单选题：
If we want readers to see our writing as valuable, we need to pay attention to three things: subject, style, and ______.
选项：
A:punctuation
B:presentation
C:context
D:length
答案: 【presentation】
2、单选题：
The values of literature include the following EXCEPT ______.
选项：
A:It discourages us from knowing and improving ourselves and our world
B:Literature feeds our dreams and aspirations.
C:We read poems, plays, stories, and essays to learn what it is to be human.
D:We read for the adventure of finding out about life in other times and places.
答案: 【It discourages us from knowing and improving ourselves and our world】
3、单选题：
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
选项：
A:In creative writing, you have more freedom to choose what to write about.
B:In creative writing, you can write anything you want any way you want.
C:In creative writing, you have more freedom to develop your own unique style.
D:Creative writing has great value as a means of self-expression.
答案: 【In creative writing, you can write anything you want any way you want.】
4、单选题：
What is the benefit of creative writing?
选项：
A:All of the options
B:Through the expression of our own words, thoughts, and emotions, we meet our true selves.
C:We learn to appreciate nature’s beauty by seeing and listening to it like a child with fresh eyes and ears.
D:We make new contacts and build close bonds with others by sharing our creative writing with them.
答案: 【All of the options】
5、单选题：
Creative writing emphasizes the following EXCEPT ______.
选项：
A:individuality
B:imagination
C:pleasure
D:creativity
答案: 【pleasure】
6、单选题：
Metaphorically speaking, creative writing is not about the ingredients to prepare a certain meal we have eaten and enjoyed before, but about the adventure of the ______ meal.
选项：
A:usual
B:known
C:normal
D:unknown
答案: 【unknown】
7、单选题：
What is the only way to become truly educated and move ahead in life?
选项：
A:Going to a good university
B:Embarking on new paths of knowledge and experience
C:Traveling a lot
D:Reading extensively
答案: 【Embarking on new paths of knowledge and experience】
8、单选题：
What did people throughout history all over the world—including China—not do to become better writers?
选项：
A:Working hard
B:Moving out of their hometown
C:Imagining
D:Following traditions
答案: 【Moving out of their hometown】
9、单选题：
What can you do when you are writing in the way of stream of consciousness?
选项：
A:Sit in a sofa in a comfortable position so as to recall something.
B:Take time to worry whether your words make sense or follow logically.
C:Write down absolutely everything in your mind or what you notice.
D:Take time to edit your outpourings.
答案: 【Write down absolutely everything in your mind or what you notice.】
10、单选题：
Which of the following ways can help you get started on your creative writing?
选项：
A:Writing to music.
B:All of the options.
C:Writing about smells which impress you a lot.
D:Using the stream of consciousness.
答案: 【All of the options.】
第二章 单元测试
1、单选题：
The three musical tools in poetry are rhythm, rhyme and ______.
选项：
A:alliteration
B:stress
C:juxtaposition
D:foot
答案: 【alliteration】
2、单选题：
Where does western poetry tradition begin?
选项：
A:Greece
B:France
C:England
D:Rome
答案: 【Greece】
3、单选题：
Who originally created and sang poems?
选项：
A:Scholars
B:Royals
C:Priests
D:Bards
答案: 【Bards】
4、单选题：
The opposite of an end-stopped line is called ______.
选项：
A:a stanza
B:a cinquain
C:an enjambed line
D:a couplet
答案: 【an enjambed line】
5、单选题：
Which of the following statements about couplets is NOT true?
选项：
A:A couplet—just like a couple—means two lines.
B:Each line can stand alone by itself and make sense.
C:The two lines in a couplet must have the same number of words.
D:Couplets can be very effective in end-stopped form when the first line asks a question, like a riddle, and the second line gives the answer.
答案: 【The two lines in a couplet must have the same number of words.】
6、单选题：
Three lines is called a ______.
选项：
A:stanza
B:quatrain
C:couplet.
D:tercet
答案: 【tercet 】
7、单选题：
Figurative language is not ______.
选项：
A:sensory
B:stereotypical
C:exaggerated
D:emotional
答案: 【stereotypical】
8、单选题：
A poem in two voices is to use stanzas to tell about something from two different ______.
选项：
A:points of view
B:places
C:people
D:directions
答案: 【points of view】
9、单选题：
Onomatopoeia _________.
选项：
A:means words that sound like what they mean.
B:is a kind of sound made by people.
C:cannot be used with other figures of speech.
D:doesn’t involve rhyme and rhythm.
答案: 【means words that sound like what they mean.】
10、单选题：
What is repetition?
选项：
A:The use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words.
B:Speaking or writing that makes something sound better, more exciting, etc. than it really is.
C: Doing or saying the same thing many times.
D:Comparing something to something else.
答案: 【 Doing or saying the same thing many times.】
第三章 单元测试
1、单选题：
Historical fiction is also called_______.
选项：
A:historical records
B:legend
C: romance
D:period fiction
答案:
2、单选题：
Which of the following statements is correct?
选项：
A:Historical fictions always end tragically.
B:Research and verisimilitude are highly important in writing historical fictions.
C:You can make up anything without limitations in writing historical fictions.
D:If you’re writing about Mongolia in the time of Kubla Khan, your main character is more likely to be a fisherman.
答案:
3、单选题：
What are the two big categories of fiction we have discussed?
选项：
A:literary ficti on and genre fiction
B:literary fiction and flash fiction.
C:literary fiction and non-literary fiction
D:literary fiction and science fiction
答案:
4、单选题：
What is the most popular type of genre fiction?
选项：
A:science fiction
B:normal fiction
C:flash fiction
D:short fiction
答案:
5、单选题：
Flash fiction is also called the ________.
选项：
A:short short story
B:very short story
C:prose poem
D:all of the above
答案:
6、单选题：
Who is “A Letter to You” written to?
选项：
A:His old friend
B:His mother
C:His university
D:His teacher
答案:
7、单选题：
What do we mean by “fiction”?
选项：
A:Fiction that tells a story that’s been invented or made up by the character.
B:Fiction that tells a story that’s been invented or made up by the author.
C:Fiction that tells a story that might happen in real life.
D:Fiction that tells a story that might happen in an imaginary world.
答案:
8、单选题：
Which of the following can be seen as the most serious fiction?
选项：
A:Horror fiction
B:Genre fiction
C:Literary fiction
D:Fantasy fiction
答案:
9、单选题：
What does not the prose poetry rely on?
选项：
A:description
B:figures
C:plot
D:images
答案:
10、单选题：
The Austrian writer Franz Kafka said some of the greatest literature is related to the detection of .
选项：
A:fun
B:connotation
C:plot
D:mystery
答案:
第四章 单元测试
1、单选题：
In creative nonfiction, _________ can bring readers right into the heart of the action.
选项：
A:the future tense
B:the past tense
C:the present tense
D:the present perfect tense
答案:
2、单选题：
What does “the miniature” mean in this lecture?
选项：
A:A new form of creative writing
B:A copy on a much reduced scale
C:Something of a much smaller size than normal
D:The art of painting
答案:
3、单选题：
“All writers should pretend they are from the planet Mars and have just landed on earth for the first time” is put forward by_________.
选项：
A:Ezra Pound
B:an alien
C:a Martian writer
D:Craig Raine
答案:
4、单选题：
One trick is to try to describe the world using the senses and perspective of———, filled with innocent wonder at all that life holds.
选项：
A:a child
B:an adult
C:a man
D:a woman
答案:
5、单选题：
By what way can we present our own lives in ways that readers will find fascinating?
选项：
A:Miniature writing
B:Creative nonfiction
C: Being yourself
D:The segmented essay
答案:
6、单选题：
What do we learn in all vast variety of creative nonfiction?
选项：
A:Meanings of being human
B:A better understanding of our own lives
C:Experience of being yourself
D:Fascinating lives of other human being
答案:
7、单选题：
What does the French verb “essayer” exactly mean?
选项：
A:To write an essay
B:Not to give something a try
C:To give something a try
D:To be a writer
答案:
8、单选题：
What are some types of creative nonfiction intended to convey?
选项：
A:Some imaginary touching stories
B:The author’s immature personal feelings
C:Some exact figures of certain experiments
D:Specific types of helpful advice or other informative content
答案:
9、单选题：
Which one is not favoured in writing meditative essay?
选项：
A:Generalized contents and clichés
B:Life’s challenges
C:What you are wondering about the future
D:What you have learned through experience
答案:
10、单选题：
Advice, manuals, instructions, memoirs, reflections, and personal interpretations of history all belong to the genre of_________
选项：
A:creative nonfiction
B:drama
C:fiction
D:Poetry
答案:
第五章 单元测试
1、单选题：
A 10-minute play will be approximately________ pages long and laid out using one of the traditional playscript formats.
选项：
A:3
B:8
C:10
D:6
答案:
2、单选题：
The 10-minute play is one of the shortest forms of a _________.
选项：
A:three-act play
B:one-act play
C:short short story
D:full-length play
答案:
3、单选题：
What is creative writing for Except?
选项：
A:To make our voices heard
B:To be famous
C:To know ourselves
D:To leave a mark on the world
答案:
4、单选题：
What can we learn through the model or example of other writers?
选项：
A:Tools
B:Forms, methods
C:Innovative ways
D:All of the options
答案:
5、单选题：
In addition to being appropriate to your characters and setting, the content of your dialogue should help reveal the play’s theme, deepen your audience’s insight into your characters, add important details of backstory, and move the plot arc forward.
选项：
A:personalities of your character
B:expressions of feelings
C:climax of the story
D:content of your dialogue
答案:
6、单选题：
________becomes foregrounded in the genre of drama, which means it tends to take a more central role than in other genres.
选项：
A:Dialogue
B: Plot
C:Theme
D:Characterization
答案:
7、单选题：
Three of your best tools in writing drama are characters and characterization, dialogue, and________
选项：
A:plot
B:conflict
C:theme
D:climax
答案:
8、单选题：
You’ve found that the tools of can have a big impact when you are conveying the speaker’s point of view in your poems.
选项：
A:plot
B:feelings
C:characterization
D:settings
答案:
9、单选题：
Which of the following sentences is the best definition of a log line in this lecture?
选项：
A:It is a line to which a ship’s log is attached.
B:It is a knotted cord.
C:It is a summary of a television program or film.
D:It is a one-sentence summary of the script.
答案:
10、单选题：
What can be included in a backstory?
选项：
A:the character’s birthplace
B:the character’s personality
C:All of the options
D:the character’s work experience
答案:
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