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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. In the subtitle of "Characters and Viewpoint", what are the three objectives that the author promises to deliver?
(a) How to invent, construct, and animate characters.
(b) How to find, invent, and construct characters.
(c) How to find, invent, and portray characters.
(d) How to invent, label, and portray characters.

2. What place can writers use as inspiration for their characters?
(a) Observation and memory.
(b) Observation, but not memory.
(c) Observation and another person's memory.
(d) Memory, but not observation.

3. What are the other words used by the author to describe random transformations in characters?
(a) Absurd and uncaused.
(b) Absurd and caused.
(c) Deliberate and caused.
(d) Deliberate and uncaused.

4. What kind of narrative should a storyteller use?
(a) Effective and engaging.
(b) Effective and poetic.
(c) Effective and condensed.
(d) Effective and involved.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of characterization is needed in a narrative that features the characters as the primary focus?

2. How much freedom do characters have to change in comedy?

3. What is "justification"?

4. Which one of the following is not an example of a story where milieu is the prime narrative?

5. What do the two questions the author poses at the end of Chapter 2 add to a novel?

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