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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 other characters or circumstances.
(c) The influence of other characters, but not circumstances.
(d) The influence of circumstances, but not characters.

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

3. What type of pain and suffering for a character causes the reader's emotional investment to expand?
(a) Imagined.
(b) Previous.
(c) Potential.
(d) Unreasonable.

4. What will the writer have with more important characters and changes?
(a) Less of a need to explain the transformation.
(b) Less time to explain the transformation.
(c) More of a need to explain the transformation.
(d) More time to explain the transformation.

5. What happens to sources of inspiration once they are incorporated into characters?
(a) They are added to or completely changed.
(b) They are exaggerated or completely changed.
(c) They are added to, exaggerated, or completely changed.
(d) They are added to or exaggerated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of jeopardy can a character be placed in to evoke an emotional response from the reader?

2. What can cause a reader to become more engaged with a character?

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

4. What should the writer's own experiences have in order to be used as fictional inspiration?

5. Which one of the following is not a powerful resource for finding characters listed by the author?

(see the answer key)

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