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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 a comedy, what are the comedic interjections grounded in?
(a) Conversation.
(b) Truth.
(c) Actions.
(d) Fiction.

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

3. What will help a writer to maintain consistency?
(a) Not having more than four supporting characters.
(b) Keeping a list of character traits and facts.
(c) Keeping a list of character names.
(d) Not having more than three central characters.

4. On a basic level, which one of the following defines character in a narrative?
(a) Relationships with milieu, but not idea.
(b) Relationships with milieu and idea.
(c) Relationships with idea, but not milieu.
(d) Relationships with all forms except for milieu and idea.

5. Which series of novels by Robert Parker are listed as an example of characters that are influenced to change?
(a) Philip Marlowe.
(b) Spenser.
(c) Sunny Randall.
(d) Jesse Stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must accompany self-sacrifice in an engaging character?

2. How is the event described?

3. What is the number of characters available to a writer, according to the author in Chapter 18?

4. What is the result of a narrative that feels like an act of memory?

5. How does the author describe what it means to "raise the stakes"?

(see the answer key)

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