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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the techniques for interjecting humor even more effective?
(a) An emotional or logical reason.
(b) An emotional or historical reason.
(c) A logical or historical reason.
(d) An emotional, logical, or historical reason.

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

3. How should exaggeration be used when writing a comedy?
(a) Within certain boundaries.
(b) With extreme caution.
(c) Exaggeration should not be used in a comedy.
(d) With no boundaries.

4. In a story where character is the primary focus, how many characters need to be fully developed?
(a) None of them.
(b) Very few of them.
(c) Not all of them.
(d) At least half of them.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to help make a character more believable, how should the details be presented?

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

3. What does the author hope to give writers who read the book?

4. What do walk-ons lend to a narrative?

5. Which one of the following is not an example of a story where an idea is the primary narrative?

(see the answer key)

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