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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can other characters provide for the main character?
(a) Assistance, but never conflict.
(b) Conflict, but never assistance.
(c) Conflict or assistance.
(d) Neither conflict nor assistance.

2. Why does a character in a novel pursue a transformation in his/her life?
(a) His/her role has become complicated.
(b) His/her role has become unbearable.
(c) His/her role has become insignificant.
(d) His/her role has become unpredictable.

3. What is the amount of justification proportionate to?
(a) The character being justified.
(b) The event being justified.
(c) The number of characters involved in the event being justified.
(d) The number of events involved in the character being justified.

4. What will a writer discover when they take their eyes off of the main character?
(a) What is far away.
(b) What is nearby.
(c) Who is nearby.
(d) Who is far away.

5. What does "controlled disbelief" refer to?
(a) When a character makes another character go along with something neither one of them believe.
(b) When a character makes another character go along with something they cannot believe.
(c) When a character refuses to go along with something they cannot believe.
(d) When a character goes along with something they cannot believe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How should a character's traits be designed in order to engage the reader?

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

3. What do walk-ons lend to a narrative?

4. On a basic level, which one of the following defines character in a narrative?

5. How do the motives of a believable character affect the direction of the story?

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