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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of jeopardy can a character be placed in to evoke an emotional response from the reader?
(a) Physical or emotional, but believable.
(b) Only physical and believable.
(c) Physical or emotional, but unbelievable.
(d) Only emotional and unbelievable.

2. What two things should a writer be open to translating into their characters and stories?
(a) Impossibility and the unknown.
(b) Impossibility and insight.
(c) Possibility and insight.
(d) Possibility and the unknown.

3. What balance must be met when creating an endearing character?
(a) The balance between right and wrong.
(b) The balance between victimization and courage.
(c) The balance between loss and hope.
(d) The balance between a leader and a follower.

4. What are the other words used by the author to describe random transformations in characters?
(a) Deliberate and caused.
(b) Deliberate and uncaused.
(c) Absurd and caused.
(d) Absurd and uncaused.

5. Which one of the following is not given in Chapter 12 as a reason for characters to change themselves?
(a) Will.
(b) External circumstances.
(c) Greed.
(d) Action.

Short Answer Questions

1. What exists to provide justification for unexplained changes?

2. Why should sources of inspiration be altered?

3. Which one of the following is not an example of how to vary the names of characters to distinguish them for the reader?

4. How often are sources of inspiration altered?

5. How can changes in people be perceived by others?

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