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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 two things should a writer be open to translating into their characters and stories?
(a) Impossibility and the unknown.
(b) Impossibility and insight.
(c) Possibility and the unknown.
(d) Possibility and insight.

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

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

4. Why should sources of inspiration be altered?
(a) To make them more familiar.
(b) To make them more effective.
(c) To make them more mysterious.
(d) To make them more unrealistic

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the writer use with words to achieve his/her main goals?

3. What will help a writer to maintain consistency?

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

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

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