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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe what it means to "raise the stakes"?
(a) Increasing what a character has to lose or gain.
(b) Increasing what a character has lost.
(c) Increasing what a character has gained.
(d) Increasing what a character has to lose, but not to gain.

2. How can a character appear to change while remaining unchanged?
(a) The reader is misinterpreting the character.
(b) They only change in front of certain characters.
(c) The author does not develop the character effectively.
(d) They reveal the truth about who they were all along.

3. In Chapter 8, how does the author want the reader to be engaged with a character?
(a) Fully, but gradually.
(b) Fully and immediately.
(c) Immediately, but partially.
(d) Partially and gradually.

4. What type of reaction will an audience have to a character with opposing characteristics?
(a) Immediate and negative.
(b) Slow, but mostly negative.
(c) Immediate, but not necessarily negative.
(d) They may not respond at all.

5. What is one of the problems with writing based on an issue?
(a) The characters embody neither attitudes nor perspectives.
(b) The characters tend to embody attitudes or perspectives.
(c) The characters tend to embody attitudes with no perspectives.
(d) The characters tend to embody perspectives with no attitudes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can cause a reader to become more engaged with a character?

2. Which one of the following is not an example the author uses as a way to add emotional intensity to a character?

3. How much freedom do characters have to change in comedy?

4. Which one of the following is not an example of how to vary the names of characters to distinguish them for the reader?

5. What can other characters provide for the main character?

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