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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of influences might cause a character to change?
(a) The influence of neither other characters nor circumstances.
(b) The influence of circumstances, but not characters.
(c) The influence of other characters, but not circumstances.
(d) The influence of other characters or circumstances.

2. How does the author describe what it means to "raise the stakes"?
(a) Increasing what a character has to lose or gain.
(b) Increasing what a character has to lose, but not to gain.
(c) Increasing what a character has gained.
(d) Increasing what a character has lost.

3. What type of reaction will an audience have to a character with opposing characteristics?
(a) Immediate, but not necessarily negative.
(b) Immediate and negative.
(c) Slow, but mostly negative.
(d) They may not respond at all.

4. What kind of story does the author use as an example of how a story can suggest characters?
(a) Unwilling confinement.
(b) Natural disaster.
(c) Murder.
(d) Space adventure.

5. How much fiction uses random transformation?
(a) Some.
(b) All.
(c) Most.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. How will the story itself suggest characters?

2. Which character in Pygmalion does the author use as an example of a character that changes him or herself?

3. What kinds of situations can make a character more interesting?

4. How can a character appear to change while remaining unchanged?

5. What is likely to cause an audience to connect with a character emotionally?

(see the answer key)

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