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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What technique can help avoid cliché?
(a) Exaggeration.
(b) Brief descriptions.
(c) Extensive descriptions.
(d) Realism.

3. How can changes in people be perceived by others?
(a) They will never understand it.
(b) They might not want to understand it.
(c) They will always understand it.
(d) They might not understand it.

4. How can a character effectively have a random transformation?
(a) Only in a world where no one else changes.
(b) Only in a world where random change is abnormal.
(c) Only in a world where everyone else changes.
(d) Only in a world where random change is normal.

5. What type of vocabulary creates a negative response to a character?
(a) Incomprehensible.
(b) Inconsistent.
(c) Large and overused.
(d) Small and underutilized.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which perspective is placed on the humor by a writer in a comedy?

3. What is a writer's fundamental responsibility?

4. As explained in Chapter 12, which author wrote stories that featured characters that did not change by their own motives?

5. What two ideals is the author blending in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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