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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. With what does the author intend to help writers?
(a) Writing longer novels.
(b) Writing shorter novels.
(c) Rating their work.
(d) Fulfilling their responsibilities.

2. Why should sources of inspiration be altered?
(a) To make them more familiar.
(b) To make them more unrealistic
(c) To make them more mysterious.
(d) To make them more effective.

3. What place can writers use as inspiration for their characters?
(a) Observation and memory.
(b) Memory, but not observation.
(c) Observation and another person's memory.
(d) Observation, but not memory.

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

5. How many basic types of characters are there?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a character in a novel pursue a transformation in his/her life?

2. How will the story itself suggest characters?

3. What determines the amount of characterization in an event?

4. What should a writer do when adding layers to a stereotyped character?

5. Which one of the following is not an example of a story where milieu is the prime narrative?

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