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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 does the author describe writing based on an issue?
(a) An ambiguous source of characters.
(b) A tricky source of characters.
(c) A misleading source of characters.
(d) A distracting source of characters.

2. In Chapter 8, how does the author want the reader to be engaged with a character?
(a) Partially and gradually.
(b) Fully and immediately.
(c) Immediately, but partially.
(d) Fully, but gradually.

3. What distinguishes a first person narrative from other forms?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) It is slightly less intimate.
(c) It is slightly more intimate.
(d) It is much more intimate.

4. What kind of story does the author use as an example of how a story can suggest characters?
(a) Unwilling confinement.
(b) Murder.
(c) Space adventure.
(d) Natural disaster.

5. According to the quote that ends Chapter 3, where does the author believe a writer can find wonderful stories?
(a) No landscapes on earth.
(b) Most landscapes on earth.
(c) Very few landscapes on earth.
(d) Any landscape on earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a narrative that is focused on an event trying to make sense of?

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 the author uses as a way to add emotional intensity to a character?

4. How can changes in people be perceived by others?

5. What is a Representation perspective?

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