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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in the beginning of Chapter 12, what changes along with people?
(a) Their attitude.
(b) Their situation.
(c) Their behavior.
(d) Their goals.

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

3. With what does the author intend to help writers?
(a) Writing longer novels.
(b) Writing shorter novels.
(c) Rating their work.
(d) Fulfilling their responsibilities.

4. What kind of narrative should a storyteller use?
(a) Effective and condensed.
(b) Effective and poetic.
(c) Effective and engaging.
(d) Effective and involved.

5. Why do some readers interpret a change in a character that was not written to change?
(a) The author did not understand the reader.
(b) The reader did not understand the plot.
(c) The author did not understand the character when writing it.
(d) The reader did not understand the character when reading about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a comedy, what are the comedic interjections grounded in?

2. How often are sources of inspiration altered?

3. What do the most engaging characters reveal about themselves?

4. How does the author describe writing based on an issue?

5. What is the author's theory about fiction in Chapter 5?

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