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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a writer's fundamental responsibility?
(a) To observe and analyze the world, but never to absorb it.
(b) To observe and absorb the world, but never to analyze it.
(c) To observe, absorb, and analyze the world.
(d) To observe the world, but never to absorb nor to analyze it.

3. What does the contract between an author and a reader state?
(a) That the narrative will introduce less characters.
(b) That the narrative will introduce more characters.
(c) That the narrative will reach a conclusion.
(d) That the narrative will have a happy ending.

4. 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.

5. In the subtitle of "Characters and Viewpoint", what are the three objectives that the author promises to deliver?
(a) How to invent, construct, and animate characters.
(b) How to invent, label, and portray characters.
(c) How to find, invent, and construct characters.
(d) How to find, invent, and portray characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. In defining a fictional character, what causes people to behave differently?

2. What do the two questions the author poses at the end of Chapter 2 add to a novel?

3. Why should sources of inspiration be altered?

4. How many of the basic elements of a narrative does milieu incorporate?

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

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