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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character in Pygmalion does the author use as an example of a character that changes him or herself?
(a) Freddy.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Clara.
(d) Higgins.

2. How often are sources of inspiration altered?
(a) Very often.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Hardly at all.
(d) Never.

3. Which one of the following is an example of a character that remains unchanged?
(a) A character who wants to change, but cannot.
(b) A character who only changes around specific characters.
(c) A character who pretends to change.
(d) A character who changes involuntarily.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a common reaction to a change?

2. What exists to provide justification for unexplained changes?

3. What is one of fiction's most important purposes?

4. Which Irish novelist does the author refer to when describing characters that change from situations beyond their control?

5. What kind of story does the author use as an example of how a story can suggest characters?

(see the answer key)

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