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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe writing based on an issue?
(a) An ambiguous source of characters.
(b) A distracting source of characters.
(c) A misleading source of characters.
(d) A tricky source of characters.

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

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

4. How should a character's traits be designed in order to engage the reader?
(a) Similar to other characters.
(b) Similar to the intended audience.
(c) Different than the intended audience.
(d) Different than other characters.

5. What type of pain and suffering for a character causes the reader's emotional investment to expand?
(a) Imagined.
(b) Unreasonable.
(c) Potential.
(d) Previous.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the motives of a believable character affect the direction of the story?

2. What kind of traits should a writer use when first introducing a character?

3. What makes the techniques for interjecting humor even more effective?

4. According to the quote that ends Chapter 3, where does the author believe a writer can find wonderful stories?

5. According to the author in Chapter 10, what is comedy almost always about?

(see the answer key)

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