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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 many ways are there to know a character?
(a) A few.
(b) None.
(c) Only one.
(d) Several.

2. What is it that changes the control a writer has when they write words down?
(a) The fact that a writer speaks without thinking.
(b) The fact that a writer cannot hear the words.
(c) The fact that a writer can see the words.
(d) The fact that a writer writes without thinking.

3. What is one of the problems with writing based on an issue?
(a) The characters embody neither attitudes nor perspectives.
(b) The characters tend to embody attitudes with no perspectives.
(c) The characters tend to embody perspectives with no attitudes.
(d) The characters tend to embody attitudes or perspectives.

4. How should a character's traits be designed in order to engage the reader?
(a) Different than other characters.
(b) Similar to other characters.
(c) Similar to the intended audience.
(d) Different than the intended audience.

5. Why is it necessary for a reader to care about the characters in a narrative?
(a) So they will anticipate the events in the book.
(b) So they will sympathize with them more.
(c) So they will understand them better.
(d) So they will want to know more about them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does having more complex characters lead to?

2. How well do readers want to know characters in a book?

3. What will the writer have with more important characters and changes?

4. Which incidents in the story must the narrator be present for in order to make a first person narrative effective?

5. What kind of traits should a writer use when first introducing a character?

(see the answer key)

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