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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the quote that ends Chapter 3, where does the author believe a writer can find wonderful stories?
(a) Most landscapes on earth.
(b) No landscapes on earth.
(c) Any landscape on earth.
(d) Very few landscapes on earth.

3. Which one of the following is not a powerful resource for finding characters listed by the author?
(a) The writer's feelings.
(b) The writer's self.
(c) The writer's previous works.
(d) The writer's unrelated memories.

4. According to the author in the beginning of Chapter 12, what changes along with people?
(a) Their situation.
(b) Their attitude.
(c) Their goals.
(d) Their behavior.

5. What Ayn Rand book, mentioned in Chapter 12, features sympathetic characters that are not transformed, but unmasked?
(a) Anthem.
(b) The Fountainhead.
(c) The Voice of Reason.
(d) We the Living.

Short Answer Questions

1. How should a character's traits be designed in order to engage the reader?

2. How will the story itself suggest characters?

3. What must accompany self-sacrifice in an engaging character?

4. What type of physical appearance can make a character more engaging?

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

(see the answer key)

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