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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 kind of narrative should a storyteller use?
(a) Effective and poetic.
(b) Effective and condensed.
(c) Effective and involved.
(d) Effective and engaging.

2. What type of reputation can a character have?
(a) A character should not have a reputation.
(b) One that is deserved.
(c) One that is not deserved.
(d) Deserved or not deserved.

3. According to the author, where do characters come from?
(a) Everywhere.
(b) The author's mind.
(c) They must be purely fictional.
(d) They must be based on real life people.

4. What is the function of a major character?
(a) To be interesting and believable.
(b) To be believable, but not necessarily interesting.
(c) To be neither interesting nor believable.
(d) To be interesting, but not necessarily believable.

5. What must a writer define in creative writing?
(a) Style and point of view, but not tone.
(b) Tone and point of view, but not style.
(c) Style, tone, and point of view.
(d) Style and tone, but not point of view.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the subtitle of "Characters and Viewpoint", what are the three objectives that the author promises to deliver?

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

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

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