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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 word is used to describe the life ideally given to fictional characters?
(a) Vivid.
(b) Eventful.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Colorful.

2. In a story where character is the primary focus, how many characters need to be fully developed?
(a) At least half of them.
(b) Not all of them.
(c) Very few of them.
(d) None of them.

3. What does the writer use with words to achieve his/her main goals?
(a) Research.
(b) Grammar.
(c) Poetic license.
(d) Structure.

4. Which of the following is not an example of a minor character's function?
(a) To act as a love interest.
(b) To define the main theme.
(c) To create suspense.
(d) To offer information.

5. How will the story itself suggest characters?
(a) According to the ending of a story.
(b) According to what needs to happen, but not how it needs to take place.
(c) According to what needs to happen and how it needs to take place.
(d) According to the beginning of a story.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author define an idea?

2. What is part of the reader's experience of the milieu?

3. Besides context, what else can a name provide for a character?

4. How is the event described?

5. Which of the following is not an example of a broad stroke definition?

(see the answer key)

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