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

2. How well do readers want to know characters in a book?
(a) As well as they know people in a movie.
(b) Better than they know characters in a movie.
(c) As well as they know people in life.
(d) Better than they know people in life.

3. What will a writer discover when they take their eyes off of the main character?
(a) What is nearby.
(b) Who is far away.
(c) Who is nearby.
(d) What is far away.

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

5. What does the writer use with words to achieve his/her main goals?
(a) Structure.
(b) Poetic license.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Research.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe the act of creative writing in the Introduction?

2. Besides context, what else can a name provide for a character?

3. What part of a character's name provides a clear starting point for defining that character's context?

4. What should a writer do when adding layers to a stereotyped character?

5. What is the function of a major character?

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