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

2. 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 an initial impression that does not appear strong or weak at first.
(d) Creating a weak initial impression that improves slowly.

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

4. What will help a writer to maintain consistency?
(a) Not having more than three central characters.
(b) Keeping a list of character names.
(c) Not having more than four supporting characters.
(d) Keeping a list of character traits and facts.

5. What can cause a reader to become more engaged with a character?
(a) Making what is happening to a character more important to all other characters.
(b) Making what is happening to a character more important to only the minor characters.
(c) Making what is happening to a character more important to that character.
(d) Making what is happening to a character more important to another character.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a flashback affect the present narrative?

2. Which type of narrative is most often used when writing from a Presentation perspective?

3. What type of pain and suffering for a character causes the reader's emotional investment to expand?

4. What should the writer's own experiences have in order to be used as fictional inspiration?

5. How many ways are there to know a character?

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