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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 is a writer's fundamental responsibility?
(a) To observe and analyze the world, but never to absorb it.
(b) To observe, absorb, and analyze the world.
(c) To observe the world, but never to absorb nor to analyze it.
(d) To observe and absorb the world, but never to analyze it.

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

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

4. What can other characters provide for the main character?
(a) Neither conflict nor assistance.
(b) Conflict, but never assistance.
(c) Conflict or assistance.
(d) Assistance, but never conflict.

5. What does the author think can also provide ideas for additional characters?
(a) The pasts of central characters.
(b) The future of supporting characters.
(c) The pasts of supporting characters.
(d) The future of central characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How well do readers want to know characters in a book?

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

3. What kind of characterization is needed in a narrative that features the characters as the primary focus?

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

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

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