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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distinguishes a first person narrative from other forms?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) It is much more intimate.
(c) It is slightly less intimate.
(d) It is slightly more intimate.

2. What are the most popular forms of narration?
(a) First person or second person.
(b) First person, second person, or third person.
(c) Second person or third person.
(d) First person or third person.

3. How necessary is it for characters to be more than stereotypes in a narrative where an idea is the primary focus?
(a) Rarely necessary.
(b) Somewhat necessary.
(c) Very necessary.
(d) The characters are never more than stereotypes in a narrative.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will help a writer to maintain consistency?

2. In a story where character is the primary focus, how many characters need to be fully developed?

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

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

5. What difficulty exists when writing a first person narrative?

(see the answer key)

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