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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. How many of the basic elements of a narrative does milieu incorporate?
(a) None of them.
(b) All of them.
(c) Three of them.
(d) One of them.

2. What is "justification"?
(a) Presenting details around an action as it is occurring to explain that action.
(b) Presenting details about a character to explain a past, present, or future event.
(c) Presenting actions early in a narrative to explain future actions.
(d) Presenting actions at the end of a narrative to explain earlier actions.

3. What type of reaction will an audience have to a character with opposing characteristics?
(a) They may not respond at all.
(b) Immediate, but not necessarily negative.
(c) Immediate and negative.
(d) Slow, but mostly negative.

4. How should a character's traits be designed in order to engage the reader?
(a) Similar to other characters.
(b) Different than other characters.
(c) Different than the intended audience.
(d) Similar to the intended audience.

5. What is a common reaction to a change?
(a) People might be saddened by it.
(b) People might be confused by it.
(c) People might be fearful of it.
(d) People might be amused by it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does having more complex characters lead to?

2. What must a storyteller do when creating characters or events?

3. In order to help make a character more believable, how should the details be presented?

4. Which Irish novelist does the author refer to when describing characters that change from situations beyond their control?

5. In comedy, how should a transformation be presented?

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