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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. What types of details are necessary to make a character believable?
(a) Relevant, but inappropriate.
(b) Relevant and appropriate.
(c) Irrelevant, but appropriate.
(d) Irrelevant and inappropriate.

2. How does Chapter 1 end?
(a) With the insignificance of a character's previous experiences.
(b) With the value of a character's physical appearance.
(c) With the value of a character's previous experiences.
(d) With the insignificance of a character's physical appearance.

3. What is part of the reader's experience of the milieu?
(a) The strangeness and familiarity of the characters.
(b) The strangeness and unfamiliarity of the characters.
(c) The normalcy and predictability of the characters.
(d) The normalcy and unpredictability of the characters.

4. What style of writing is effective in combining the telling of a story with the reason it is being told?
(a) Comic writing.
(b) Adventure writing.
(c) Mystery writing.
(d) Dramatic writing.

5. Which tenses are the most commonly used?
(a) Present or future tense.
(b) Present, past, or future tense.
(c) Present or past tense.
(d) Past or future tense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can other characters provide for the main character?

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

3. Which one of the following is an example listed in Chapter 12 of a transformation causing consequence that is beyond a character's control?

4. Which perspective is placed on the humor by a writer in a comedy?

5. What is the fourth and final technique for interjecting humor listed by the author in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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