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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. Which one of the following is not an example of how to vary the names of characters to distinguish them for the reader?
(a) Ending letters.
(b) Initials.
(c) Number of syllables.
(d) Length.

2. What is part of the reader's experience of the milieu?
(a) The normalcy and unpredictability of the characters.
(b) The strangeness and unfamiliarity of the characters.
(c) The normalcy and predictability of the characters.
(d) The strangeness and familiarity of the characters.

3. What is the first way a writer can engage the reader?
(a) Creating a weak initial impression that improves quickly.
(b) Creating a strong initial impression.
(c) Creating a weak initial impression that improves slowly.
(d) Creating an initial impression that does not appear strong or weak at first.

4. How does a flashback affect the present narrative?
(a) It does not affect the narrative.
(b) It speeds the narrative up.
(c) It stops the narrative.
(d) It slows the narrative down.

5. What type of pain and suffering for a character causes the reader's emotional investment to expand?
(a) Unreasonable.
(b) Imagined.
(c) Previous.
(d) Potential.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what is an engaging narrative never about?

2. Which perspective is placed on the humor by a writer in a comedy?

3. What is the fourth and final technique for interjecting humor listed by the author in Chapter 10?

4. Which one of the following is not an example the author uses as a way to add emotional intensity to a character?

5. How necessary is it for characters to be more than stereotypes in a narrative where an idea is the primary focus?

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