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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author think about characters from unrelated ideas?
(a) It is possible to put them together, but not interesting.
(b) It is neither possible nor interesting to put them together.
(c) It is both possible and interesting to put them together.
(d) It would be interesting, but it is not possible to put them together.

3. What is a common reaction to a change?
(a) People might be saddened by it.
(b) People might be amused by it.
(c) People might be confused by it.
(d) People might be fearful of it.

4. What kinds of situations can make a character more interesting?
(a) Ones that the character is unaccustomed with.
(b) Ones that the reader is unaccustomed with.
(c) Ones that the character and the reader are expecting.
(d) Ones that the character has been in before.

5. According to the author, what is an engaging narrative never about?
(a) Ordinary people doing extraordinary things for extraordinary reasons.
(b) Ordinary people doing ordinary things for ordinary reasons.
(c) Ordinary people doing ordinary things for extraordinary reasons.
(d) Extraordinary people doing ordinary things for extraordinary reasons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often are sources of inspiration altered?

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

3. What type of vocabulary creates a negative response to a character?

4. What happens to sources of inspiration once they are incorporated into characters?

5. What exists to provide justification for unexplained changes?

(see the answer key)

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