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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 does the author think can also provide ideas for additional characters?
(a) The future of supporting characters.
(b) The pasts of central characters.
(c) The future of central characters.
(d) The pasts of supporting characters.

2. 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 people in life.
(c) As well as they know people in a movie.
(d) Better than they know characters in a movie.

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

4. How does Chapter 1 end?
(a) With the insignificance of a character's physical appearance.
(b) With the value of a character's physical appearance.
(c) With the value of a character's previous experiences.
(d) With the insignificance of a character's previous experiences.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does the author intend to help writers?

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

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

4. According to the quote that ends Chapter 3, where does the author believe a writer can find wonderful stories?

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

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