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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. How should exaggeration be used when writing a comedy?
(a) With extreme caution.
(b) Exaggeration should not be used in a comedy.
(c) With no boundaries.
(d) Within certain boundaries.

2. What can cause a reader to become more engaged with a character?
(a) Making what is happening to a character more important to all other characters.
(b) Making what is happening to a character more important to only the minor characters.
(c) Making what is happening to a character more important to another character.
(d) Making what is happening to a character more important to that character.

3. What does the writer use with words to achieve his/her main goals?
(a) Research.
(b) Grammar.
(c) Structure.
(d) Poetic license.

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

5. What is a writer's fundamental responsibility?
(a) To observe and analyze the world, but never to absorb it.
(b) To observe the world, but never to absorb nor to analyze it.
(c) To observe, absorb, and analyze the world.
(d) To observe and absorb the world, but never to analyze it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the event described?

2. Why do some readers interpret a change in a character that was not written to change?

3. What is one of the problems with writing based on an issue?

4. What balance must be met when creating an endearing character?

5. What part of a character's name provides a clear starting point for defining that character's context?

(see the answer key)

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