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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must a writer define in creative writing?
(a) Style and point of view, but not tone.
(b) Style and tone, but not point of view.
(c) Tone and point of view, but not style.
(d) Style, tone, and point of view.

2. What do the most engaging characters reveal about themselves?
(a) Unknown fears.
(b) Fearlessness.
(c) Unknown flaws.
(d) A heroic side.

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

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

5. What can cause a reader to become more engaged with a character?
(a) Making what is happening to a character more important to only the minor characters.
(b) Making what is happening to a character more important to that character.
(c) Making what is happening to a character more important to all other characters.
(d) Making what is happening to a character more important to another character.

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 the beginning of a story.
(c) According to the ending of a story.
(d) According to what needs to happen, but not how it needs to take place.

7. What two ideals is the author blending in Chapter 9?
(a) The predictable with the unpredictable.
(b) The romantic with the realistic.
(c) The intelligent with the unintelligent.
(d) The selfish with the unselfish.

8. What does the author think can also provide ideas for additional characters?
(a) The future of central characters.
(b) The pasts of supporting characters.
(c) The pasts of central characters.
(d) The future of supporting characters.

9. What are three good example of character definition in fiction?
(a) Talents, habits, and behavior.
(b) Talents, relatives, and behavior.
(c) Talents, relatives, and habits.
(d) Relatives, habits, and behavior.

10. In order to avoid being boring, what does a character have to be?
(a) Aggressive and mysterious.
(b) Passive and mysterious.
(c) Unfamiliar and idiosyncratic.
(d) Familiar and idiosyncratic.

11. 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 both expected and necessary.
(c) It is expected, but not necessary.
(d) It is neither expected nor necessary.

12. In a story where character is the primary focus, how many characters need to be fully developed?
(a) Very few of them.
(b) Not all of them.
(c) None of them.
(d) At least half of them.

13. What will a writer discover when they take their eyes off of the main character?
(a) What is far away.
(b) Who is nearby.
(c) Who is far away.
(d) What is nearby.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what is an engaging narrative never about?

2. What is the function of a major character?

3. What place can writers use as inspiration for their characters?

4. What will many experienced authors claim about their characters?

5. Which one of the following is not an example of a story where milieu is the prime narrative?

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