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

2. What should the writer's own experiences have in order to be used as fictional inspiration?
(a) Emotional, theoretical, or experiential connection with a character.
(b) Emotional, theoretical, or spiritual connection with a character.
(c) Emotional, spiritual, or experiential connection with a character.
(d) Theoretical, spiritual, or experiential connection with a character.

3. What kinds of situations can make a character more interesting?
(a) Ones that the reader is unaccustomed with.
(b) Ones that the character is unaccustomed with.
(c) Ones that the character and the reader are expecting.
(d) Ones that the character has been in before.

4. Which one of the following is not an example of how to vary the names of characters to distinguish them for the reader?
(a) Length.
(b) Ending letters.
(c) Number of syllables.
(d) Initials.

5. 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 insight.
(d) Possibility and the unknown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chapter 1 end?

2. How will the story itself suggest characters?

3. What kind of narrative should a storyteller use?

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

5. What does the author think about characters from unrelated ideas?

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