Creative Nonfiction Quiz

A writer observes a farmer’s life in Nueva Ecija by staying with the family for weeks before writing about them. This is an example of which R in the Five R’s of CNF?

• Research

• Reflection

• Real Life

• Rite

Before starting her essay, Anna writes freely for 20 minutes without worrying about grammar. Later, she edits the draft carefully. She is moving from:

• Craft → Freewrite

• Reflection → Real Life

• Intellectual Explosion → Craft/Creative

• Reading → Rite

While writing about typhoon survivors, a student adds fictional dialogue to make the story more exciting. According to Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, this is:

• Acceptable if entertaining

• Forbidden because CNF must not alter facts

• A part of freewriting

• Encouraged in personal essays

CNF was once called “New Journalism” because of a 1973 book that blended fact and storytelling. Who wrote it?

• Lee Gutkind

• Tom Wolfe

• Borich

• Cheney

A professor defines CNF as “memory or fact-based writing.” Which scholar is this?

• Borich (2019)

• Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo

• Lee Gutkind

• Cheney

A magazine labels someone as the “Godfather of Creative Nonfiction” in 1997. Who is it?

• Tom Wolfe

• Lee Gutkind

• Borich

• Cheney

Lee Gutkind emphasized CNF as flexible yet faithful to nonfiction. He also founded which journal in 1991?

• Creative Nonfiction

• The New Journalism

• Vanity Fair

• Narrative Today

In writing about World War II veterans, a student combines vivid descriptions of their uniforms with factual accounts of battles. This shows CNF’s use of:

• Symbolism

• Fiction techniques in nonfiction

• Free verse

• Pure journalism

A CNF writer notes the sounds of church bells, the smell of incense, and the sight of worshippers kneeling. Which technique is being used?

• Research

• Scene-building with sensory details

• Reflection

• Theme

According to Cheney, CNF requires:

• Skill of the storyteller and research ability of the reporter

• Flexibility and freedom

• Altering facts for clarity

• Intimacy and memory