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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a narrative that is focused on an event trying to make sense of?
(a) Intentions.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Milieu.

2. When an idea is the primary focus, what is the role of the characters?
(a) They define the plot in some way.
(b) Complex plot functionaries.
(c) They define the plot completely.
(d) Simple plot functionaries.

3. What kind of story does the author use as an example of how a story can suggest characters?
(a) Unwilling confinement.
(b) Natural disaster.
(c) Murder.
(d) Space adventure.

4. How many of the basic elements of a narrative does milieu incorporate?
(a) None of them.
(b) Three of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) One of them.

5. How does Chapter 1 end?
(a) With the value of a character's physical appearance.
(b) With the insignificance of a character's previous experiences.
(c) With the insignificance of a character's physical appearance.
(d) With the value of a character's previous experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is likely to cause an audience to connect with a character emotionally?

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

3. What do the most engaging characters reveal about themselves?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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