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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of fiction's most important purposes?
(a) To make the reader feel more uncomfortable.
(b) To make the reader feel less sorrow.
(c) To make the reader feel more sorrow.
(d) To make the reader feel less uncomfortable.

2. Besides emotional, what type of attention from the reader is the goal of Chapter 7?
(a) Inadvertent.
(b) Analytical.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Subconscious.

3. According to the author, where do characters come from?
(a) Everywhere.
(b) They must be based on real life people.
(c) The author's mind.
(d) They must be purely fictional.

4. What do the most engaging characters reveal about themselves?
(a) Unknown flaws.
(b) Unknown fears.
(c) A heroic side.
(d) Fearlessness.

5. What type of vocabulary creates a negative response to a character?
(a) Incomprehensible.
(b) Inconsistent.
(c) Large and overused.
(d) Small and underutilized.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can a character effectively have a random transformation?

2. Which one of the following is not given in Chapter 12 as a reason for characters to change themselves?

3. Which character in Pygmalion does the author use as an example of a character that changes him or herself?

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

5. As explained in Chapter 12, which author wrote stories that featured characters that did not change by their own motives?

(see the answer key)

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