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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. According to the author, what is the purpose of fiction?
(a) To give a detailed analysis of human nature.
(b) To give a better understanding of human mistakes.
(c) To give a detailed analysis of human mistakes.
(d) To give a better understanding of human nature.

2. What determines the amount of characterization in an event?
(a) The desire of the author.
(b) The timing of the event.
(c) The number of pages.
(d) The importance of the event.

3. What does having more complex characters lead to?
(a) Less possibilities.
(b) More possibilities.
(c) More confusion.
(d) Less confusion.

4. What is a narrative that is focused on an event trying to make sense of?
(a) Ideas.
(b) Milieu.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Intentions.

5. According to the author, what is an engaging narrative never about?
(a) Ordinary people doing ordinary things for extraordinary reasons.
(b) Extraordinary people doing ordinary things for extraordinary reasons.
(c) Ordinary people doing ordinary things for ordinary reasons.
(d) Ordinary people doing extraordinary things for extraordinary reasons.

Short Answer Questions

1. As what is the idea of hierarchy defined?

2. What does "controlled disbelief" refer to?

3. What must a writer define in creative writing?

4. What does the author think can also provide ideas for additional characters?

5. What is the first way a writer can engage the reader?

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