View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should the motives reveal when making a character more believable?
(a) Strengths.
(b) Events.
(c) Flaws.
(d) Character.

2. What does the author think can also provide ideas for additional characters?
(a) The future of supporting characters.
(b) The future of central characters.
(c) The pasts of central characters.
(d) The pasts of supporting characters.

3. When is telling a story valuable to a narrative?
(a) Only when it advances future action.
(b) Only when it explains a past action.
(c) Only when it advances present action.
(d) Only when it explains a present or future action.

4. As what is the idea of hierarchy defined?
(a) A guideline to the amount of narrative each character receives.
(b) A guideline to how many characters to include in a narrative.
(c) A guideline to the role a character plays in the plot.
(d) A guideline to which characters to introduce first in a narrative.

5. What is the first way a writer can engage the reader?
(a) Creating an initial impression that does not appear strong or weak at first.
(b) Creating a weak initial impression that improves slowly.
(c) Creating a strong initial impression.
(d) Creating a weak initial impression that improves quickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How will the story itself suggest characters?

2. How many basic factors are there common to all forms of narrative writing?

3. Which one of the following is not an example of a story where an idea is the primary narrative?

4. What Ayn Rand book, mentioned in Chapter 12, features sympathetic characters that are not transformed, but unmasked?

5. What place can writers use as inspiration for their characters?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 320 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample