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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. What is milieu?
(a) The physical, historical, or social context.
(b) The physical, cultural, or social context.
(c) The mental, cultural, or social context.
(d) The mental, historical, or social context.

2. What happens to sources of inspiration once they are incorporated into characters?
(a) They are added to or completely changed.
(b) They are added to, exaggerated, or completely changed.
(c) They are exaggerated or completely changed.
(d) They are added to or exaggerated.

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

5. How does the author define an idea?
(a) What the reader is not intended to understand and/or learn.
(b) What the reader is intended to understand, but not necessarily learn.
(c) What the reader is intended to learn, but not necessarily understand.
(d) What the reader is intended to understand and/or learn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author's theory about fiction in Chapter 5?

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

3. What technique can help avoid cliché?

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

5. What must a writer define in creative writing?

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