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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 part of a character's name provides a clear starting point for defining that character's context?
(a) The reason they were given the name.
(b) The first name.
(c) The middle name.
(d) The last name.

2. What does the contract between an author and a reader state?
(a) That the narrative will introduce less characters.
(b) That the narrative will reach a conclusion.
(c) That the narrative will introduce more characters.
(d) That the narrative will have a happy ending.

3. How is the event described?
(a) What happens in the narrative and why.
(b) What happens in the narrative and when.
(c) What happens outside of the narrative and when.
(d) What happens outside of the narrative and why.

4. When an idea is the primary focus, what is the role of the characters?
(a) Simple plot functionaries.
(b) Complex plot functionaries.
(c) They define the plot in some way.
(d) They define the plot completely.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does writing down words have as opposed to speaking them?

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

3. Which series of novels by Robert Parker are listed as an example of characters that are influenced to change?

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

5. What is one of fiction's most important purposes?

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