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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will help a writer to maintain consistency?
(a) Not having more than four supporting characters.
(b) Keeping a list of character names.
(c) Not having more than three central characters.
(d) Keeping a list of character traits and facts.

2. With what does the author intend to help writers?
(a) Writing shorter novels.
(b) Fulfilling their responsibilities.
(c) Rating their work.
(d) Writing longer novels.

3. According to the author, what is the purpose of fiction?
(a) To give a detailed analysis of human nature.
(b) To give a better understanding of human nature.
(c) To give a better understanding of human mistakes.
(d) To give a detailed analysis of human mistakes.

4. What kinds of situations can make a character more interesting?
(a) Ones that the reader is unaccustomed with.
(b) Ones that the character is unaccustomed with.
(c) Ones that the character has been in before.
(d) Ones that the character and the reader are expecting.

5. How will the story itself suggest characters?
(a) According to what needs to happen, but not how it needs to take place.
(b) According to what needs to happen and how it needs to take place.
(c) According to the beginning of a story.
(d) According to the ending of a story.

Short Answer Questions

1. When an idea is the primary focus, what is the role of the characters?

2. What kind of narrative should a storyteller use?

3. What do the readers and creators of a contemporary narrative believe about in-depth characterization?

4. Which of the following is not an example of a broad stroke definition?

5. What is part of the reader's experience of the milieu?

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