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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many different aspects of creative writing are there?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. When an idea is the primary focus, what is the role of the characters?
(a) Complex plot functionaries.
(b) They define the plot completely.
(c) They define the plot in some way.
(d) Simple plot functionaries.

3. What word is used to describe the life ideally given to fictional characters?
(a) Vivid.
(b) Eventful.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Colorful.

4. What kind of story does the author use as an example of how a story can suggest characters?
(a) Natural disaster.
(b) Unwilling confinement.
(c) Murder.
(d) Space adventure.

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

6. How will the story itself suggest characters?
(a) According to what needs to happen and how it needs to take place.
(b) According to what needs to happen, but not how it needs to take place.
(c) According to the beginning of a story.
(d) According to the ending of a story.

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

8. What is likely to cause an audience to connect with a character emotionally?
(a) Unexplained characteristics and/or thoughts.
(b) Unexplained characteristics and/or values.
(c) Appealing characteristics and/or values.
(d) Appealing characteristics and/or thoughts.

9. What type of physical appearance can make a character more engaging?
(a) Appealing and subtle.
(b) Appealing and blatant.
(c) Appealing and specific.
(d) Appealing, but vague.

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

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

12. What do the readers and creators of a contemporary narrative believe about in-depth characterization?
(a) It is necessary, but not expected.
(b) It is neither expected nor necessary.
(c) It is expected, but not necessary.
(d) It is both expected and necessary.

13. In an event-driven narrative, what is the goal of the characters?
(a) To avoid an intolerable situation.
(b) To hide an intolerable situation.
(c) To prevent an intolerable situation.
(d) To change an intolerable situation.

14. According to the quote that ends Chapter 3, where does the author believe a writer can find wonderful stories?
(a) Most landscapes on earth.
(b) No landscapes on earth.
(c) Very few landscapes on earth.
(d) Any landscape on earth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Besides emotional, what type of attention from the reader is the goal of Chapter 7?

3. What kind of jeopardy can a character be placed in to evoke an emotional response from the reader?

4. How can emotion be elevated for a character by utilizing the natural world?

5. What do walk-ons lend to a narrative?

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