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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. How often are sources of inspiration altered?
(a) Never.
(b) Hardly at all.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Very often.

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

3. How many ways are there to know a character?
(a) Several.
(b) A few.
(c) None.
(d) Only one.

4. What happens to sources of inspiration once they are incorporated into characters?
(a) They are added to or exaggerated.
(b) They are added to, exaggerated, or completely changed.
(c) They are exaggerated or completely changed.
(d) They are added to or completely changed.

5. What does the author think about characters from unrelated ideas?
(a) It is neither possible nor interesting to put them together.
(b) It would be interesting, but it is not possible to put them together.
(c) It is possible to put them together, but not interesting.
(d) It is both possible and interesting to put them together.

Short Answer Questions

1. How well do readers want to know characters in a book?

2. Besides context, what else can a name provide for a character?

3. What kinds of situations can make a character more interesting?

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

5. According to the author, what is the purpose of fiction?

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