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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 is the event described?
(a) What happens in the narrative and why.
(b) What happens outside of the narrative and why.
(c) What happens in the narrative and when.
(d) What happens outside of the narrative and when.

2. What must a storyteller do when creating characters or events?
(a) Broaden the plot.
(b) Understand and define the implications of the plot.
(c) Broaden the theme.
(d) Understand and define the theme.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How necessary is it for characters to be more than stereotypes in a narrative where an idea is the primary focus?

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

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

4. What will a writer discover when they take their eyes off of the main character?

5. What does the contract between an author and a reader state?

(see the answer key)

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