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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the two questions the author poses at the end of Chapter 2 add to a novel?
(a) Dramatic interest for the background of a character.
(b) Practical interest for the characters and events.
(c) Practical interest for the background of a character.
(d) Dramatic interest for the characters and events.

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

3. What will many experienced authors claim about their characters?
(a) They were inspired by history.
(b) They were taken from life.
(c) They were taken from other literary works.
(d) They were completely invented for the story.

4. What should a writer do when adding layers to a stereotyped character?
(a) Confirm the reader's expectations.
(b) Confuse the reader.
(c) Surprise the reader.
(d) Prove the reader wrong.

5. How well do readers want to know characters in a book?
(a) As well as they know people in life.
(b) Better than they know characters in a movie.
(c) As well as they know people in a movie.
(d) Better than they know people in life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is not a powerful resource for finding characters listed by the author?

2. What does the author hope to give writers who read the book?

3. What is the function of a major character?

4. Which of the following is not an example of a minor character's function?

5. How does Chapter 1 end?

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