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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 the act of creative writing in the Introduction?
(a) As an unlimited act.
(b) As a solitary act.
(c) As a collaborative act.
(d) As a limited act.

2. How does the author describe what it means to "raise the stakes"?
(a) Increasing what a character has lost.
(b) Increasing what a character has to lose or gain.
(c) Increasing what a character has to lose, but not to gain.
(d) Increasing what a character has gained.

3. According to the author in the beginning of Chapter 12, what changes along with people?
(a) Their behavior.
(b) Their situation.
(c) Their goals.
(d) Their attitude.

4. According to the author, where do characters come from?
(a) They must be based on real life people.
(b) They must be purely fictional.
(c) Everywhere.
(d) The author's mind.

5. What does "controlled disbelief" refer to?
(a) When a character makes another character go along with something they cannot believe.
(b) When a character refuses to go along with something they cannot believe.
(c) When a character makes another character go along with something neither one of them believe.
(d) When a character goes along with something they cannot believe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is an example listed in Chapter 12 of a transformation causing consequence that is beyond a character's control?

2. What is the amount of justification proportionate to?

3. In Chapter 8, how does the author want the reader to be engaged with a character?

4. How necessary is it for characters to be more than stereotypes in a narrative where an idea is the primary focus?

5. What do the readers and creators of a contemporary narrative believe about in-depth characterization?

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