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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is likely to cause an audience to connect with a character emotionally?
(a) Appealing characteristics and/or values.
(b) Appealing characteristics and/or thoughts.
(c) Unexplained characteristics and/or thoughts.
(d) Unexplained characteristics and/or values.

2. What will a writer discover when they take their eyes off of the main character?
(a) Who is nearby.
(b) Who is far away.
(c) What is far away.
(d) What is nearby.

3. What will help a writer to maintain consistency?
(a) Not having more than four supporting characters.
(b) Not having more than three central characters.
(c) Keeping a list of character names.
(d) Keeping a list of character traits and facts.

4. Besides emotional, what type of attention from the reader is the goal of Chapter 7?
(a) Inadvertent.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Analytical.
(d) Subconscious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two ideals is the author blending in Chapter 9?

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

3. What is a writer's fundamental responsibility?

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

5. What type of reaction will an audience have to a character with opposing characteristics?

(see the answer key)

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