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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What must a writer define in creative writing?
(a) Style and point of view, but not tone.
(b) Style and tone, but not point of view.
(c) Style, tone, and point of view.
(d) Tone and point of view, but not style.

3. On a basic level, which one of the following defines character in a narrative?
(a) Relationships with milieu, but not idea.
(b) Relationships with milieu and idea.
(c) Relationships with all forms except for milieu and idea.
(d) Relationships with idea, but not milieu.

4. How does the author define an idea?
(a) What the reader is intended to understand and/or learn.
(b) What the reader is not intended to understand and/or learn.
(c) What the reader is intended to learn, but not necessarily understand.
(d) What the reader is intended to understand, but not necessarily learn.

5. What is milieu?
(a) The physical, historical, or social context.
(b) The mental, historical, or social context.
(c) The physical, cultural, or social context.
(d) The mental, cultural, or social context.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of relationships can contribute to a character's attitude?

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

3. What Ayn Rand book, mentioned in Chapter 12, features sympathetic characters that are not transformed, but unmasked?

4. What two things should a writer be open to translating into their characters and stories?

5. What are three good example of character definition in fiction?

(see the answer key)

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