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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. In defining a fictional character, what causes people to behave differently?
(a) Their education.
(b) The society they live in.
(c) The network they are in.
(d) Their age.

2. In the subtitle of "Characters and Viewpoint", what are the three objectives that the author promises to deliver?
(a) How to invent, label, and portray characters.
(b) How to find, invent, and construct characters.
(c) How to find, invent, and portray characters.
(d) How to invent, construct, and animate characters.

3. How does the author describe the act of creative writing in the Introduction?
(a) As an unlimited act.
(b) As a collaborative act.
(c) As a limited act.
(d) As a solitary act.

4. What kind of characterization is needed in a narrative that features the characters as the primary focus?
(a) Detailed, but simple.
(b) Less detailed, but complex.
(c) Detailed and complex.
(d) Less detailed and simple.

5. What is a narrative that is focused on an event trying to make sense of?
(a) Ideas.
(b) Milieu.
(c) Intentions.
(d) Chaos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is part of the reader's experience of the milieu?

2. What type of reputation can a character have?

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

4. What kind of narrative should a storyteller use?

5. How many different aspects of creative writing are there?

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