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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much fiction uses random transformation?
(a) All.
(b) Some.
(c) None.
(d) Most.

2. What does the author hope to give writers who read the book?
(a) A secret formula.
(b) A specific set of instructions.
(c) A set of tools.
(d) A popular method.

3. Which one of the following is not an example the author uses as a way to add emotional intensity to a character?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Signs.
(c) Mistakes.
(d) Omens.

4. What are the other words used by the author to describe random transformations in characters?
(a) Absurd and uncaused.
(b) Absurd and caused.
(c) Deliberate and uncaused.
(d) Deliberate and caused.

5. What type of motives should be included when writing a character that is more believable?
(a) Consistent and unchanging.
(b) Clearly defined.
(c) Vaguely defined.
(d) Inconsistent and changing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of pain and suffering for a character causes the reader's emotional investment to expand?

2. How many different aspects of creative writing are there?

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

4. What happens to sources of inspiration once they are incorporated into characters?

5. Why does a character in a novel pursue a transformation in his/her life?

(see the answer key)

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