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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 does the author hope to give writers who read the book?
(a) A secret formula.
(b) A specific set of instructions.
(c) A set of tools.
(d) A popular method.

2. Which of the following is not an example of a broad stroke definition?
(a) Male/female.
(b) Old/young.
(c) Antagonistic/responsive.
(d) Big/small.

3. In a story where character is the primary focus, how many characters need to be fully developed?
(a) At least half of them.
(b) Very few of them.
(c) None of them.
(d) Not all of them.

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

5. What must a storyteller do when creating characters or events?
(a) Understand and define the theme.
(b) Broaden the theme.
(c) Understand and define the implications of the plot.
(d) Broaden the plot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique can help avoid cliché?

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

4. Which one of the following is not an example of a story where an idea is the primary narrative?

5. What does having more complex characters lead to?

(see the answer key)

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