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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. What exists to provide justification for unexplained changes?
(a) Omens.
(b) Flashbacks.
(c) Fiction.
(d) History.

2. What does the term, "take", describe in a comedy?
(a) When a character points out the absurdity of something.
(b) When a narrator points out the inaccuracies of something.
(c) When a character points out the irony of something.
(d) When a narrator points out the seriousness of something.

3. How much impact does sound have on the types of voices the author is discussing in Chapter 13?
(a) It has an average impact on it.
(b) It is only a small part of it.
(c) It is a major part of it.
(d) It has no impact on it.

4. What does having more complex characters lead to?
(a) More possibilities.
(b) Less confusion.
(c) Less possibilities.
(d) More confusion.

5. What can other characters provide for the main character?
(a) Conflict, but never assistance.
(b) Conflict or assistance.
(c) Assistance, but never conflict.
(d) Neither conflict nor assistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which series of novels by Robert Parker are listed as an example of characters that are influenced to change?

2. What kind of characterization is needed in a narrative that features the characters as the primary focus?

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

4. Which character in Pygmalion does the author use as an example of a character that changes him or herself?

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

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