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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 happens if a disproportionate amount of justification is presented in a story?
(a) The reader will expect things that the author will not deliver.
(b) The reader will not understand why the author has not delivered anything.
(c) The reader will not understand the things that the author will deliver.
(d) The reader will not expect the things that the author will deliver.

2. What Ayn Rand book, mentioned in Chapter 12, features sympathetic characters that are not transformed, but unmasked?
(a) We the Living.
(b) The Voice of Reason.
(c) The Fountainhead.
(d) Anthem.

3. What kind of jeopardy can a character be placed in to evoke an emotional response from the reader?
(a) Physical or emotional, but believable.
(b) Only emotional and unbelievable.
(c) Only physical and believable.
(d) Physical or emotional, but unbelievable.

4. What do the readers and creators of a contemporary narrative believe about in-depth characterization?
(a) It is necessary, but not expected.
(b) It is expected, but not necessary.
(c) It is neither expected nor necessary.
(d) It is both expected and necessary.

5. According to the author in Chapter 13, what is the writer's responsibility?
(a) To say things in a clear and evocative way.
(b) To say things in an evocative, yet not necessarily clear way.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) To say things in a clear, yet not necessarily evocative way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What style of writing is effective in combining the telling of a story with the reason it is being told?

2. When an idea is the primary focus, what is the role of the characters?

3. Which one of the following is not an example of how to vary the names of characters to distinguish them for the reader?

4. What kind of story does the author use as an example of how a story can suggest characters?

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

(see the answer key)

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