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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 place can writers use as inspiration for their characters?
(a) Memory, but not observation.
(b) Observation and another person's memory.
(c) Observation, but not memory.
(d) Observation and memory.

2. What is one of the problems with writing based on an issue?
(a) The characters tend to embody attitudes with no perspectives.
(b) The characters tend to embody perspectives with no attitudes.
(c) The characters tend to embody attitudes or perspectives.
(d) The characters embody neither attitudes nor perspectives.

3. How many different aspects of creative writing are there?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things should a writer be open to translating into their characters and stories?

2. How does the author describe the act of creative writing in the Introduction?

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

4. What type of reputation can a character have?

5. What happens to sources of inspiration once they are incorporated into characters?

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