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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the author describe writing based on an issue?
(a) A distracting source of characters.
(b) A misleading source of characters.
(c) A tricky source of characters.
(d) An ambiguous source of characters.

5. What is the function of a major character?
(a) To be interesting, but not necessarily believable.
(b) To be neither interesting nor believable.
(c) To be believable, but not necessarily interesting.
(d) To be interesting and believable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to sources of inspiration once they are incorporated into characters?

3. Why is it necessary for a reader to care about the characters in a narrative?

4. How will the story itself suggest characters?

5. What does the author think about characters from unrelated ideas?

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