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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When an idea is the primary focus, what is the role of the characters?
(a) Complex plot functionaries.
(b) Simple plot functionaries.
(c) They define the plot completely.
(d) They define the plot in some way.

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 reader is unaccustomed with.
(c) Ones that the character has been in before.
(d) Ones that the character is unaccustomed with.

3. What two things should a writer be open to translating into their characters and stories?
(a) Impossibility and insight.
(b) Possibility and the unknown.
(c) Impossibility and the unknown.
(d) Possibility and insight.

4. Which one of the following is not an example of a story where milieu is the prime narrative?
(a) Science-fiction.
(b) Western.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Fantasy.

5. 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) At least half of them.
(d) Not all of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author think about characters from unrelated ideas?

2. How many basic types of characters are there?

3. Which one of the following is not an example of how to vary the names of characters to distinguish them for the reader?

4. How does Chapter 1 end?

5. What do the readers and creators of a contemporary narrative believe about in-depth characterization?

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