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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 must accompany self-sacrifice in an engaging character?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Desperation.
(c) Reason.
(d) Mystery.

2. What is likely to cause an audience to connect with a character emotionally?
(a) Appealing characteristics and/or thoughts.
(b) Appealing characteristics and/or values.
(c) Unexplained characteristics and/or values.
(d) Unexplained characteristics and/or thoughts.

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

4. What do the readers and creators of a contemporary narrative believe about in-depth characterization?
(a) It is necessary, but not expected.
(b) It is expected, but not necessary.
(c) It is both expected and necessary.
(d) It is neither expected nor necessary.

5. What kind of jeopardy can a character be placed in to evoke an emotional response from the reader?
(a) Only emotional and unbelievable.
(b) Physical or emotional, but unbelievable.
(c) Only physical and believable.
(d) Physical or emotional, but believable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the problems with writing based on an issue?

2. What does the author hope to give writers who read the book?

3. What do the two questions the author poses at the end of Chapter 2 add to a novel?

4. Why is it necessary for a reader to care about the characters in a narrative?

5. What two things should a writer be open to translating into their characters and stories?

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