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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. How many different aspects of creative writing are there?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. How will the story itself suggest characters?
(a) According to what needs to happen, but not how it needs to take place.
(b) According to the beginning of a story.
(c) According to the ending of a story.
(d) According to what needs to happen and how it needs to take place.

3. As what is the idea of hierarchy defined?
(a) A guideline to the role a character plays in the plot.
(b) A guideline to which characters to introduce first in a narrative.
(c) A guideline to the amount of narrative each character receives.
(d) A guideline to how many characters to include in a narrative.

4. Besides context, what else can a name provide for a character?
(a) Preferences.
(b) Background.
(c) Intentions.
(d) Beliefs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author define an idea?

2. Why is it necessary for a reader to care about the characters in a narrative?

3. What kind of narrative should a storyteller use?

4. What do the two questions the author poses at the end of Chapter 2 add to a novel?

5. What does the writer use with words to achieve his/her main goals?

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