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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author think about characters from unrelated ideas?
(a) It is possible to put them together, but not interesting.
(b) It is neither possible nor interesting to put them together.
(c) It would be interesting, but it is not possible to put them together.
(d) It is both possible and interesting to put them together.

2. As what is the idea of hierarchy defined?
(a) A guideline to which characters to introduce first in a narrative.
(b) A guideline to the amount of narrative each character receives.
(c) A guideline to the role a character plays in the plot.
(d) A guideline to how many characters to include in a narrative.

3. How does the author describe what it means to "raise the stakes"?
(a) Increasing what a character has lost.
(b) Increasing what a character has to lose or gain.
(c) Increasing what a character has gained.
(d) Increasing what a character has to lose, but not to gain.

4. What should a writer do when adding layers to a stereotyped character?
(a) Surprise the reader.
(b) Confuse the reader.
(c) Prove the reader wrong.
(d) Confirm the reader's expectations.

5. Besides context, what else can a name provide for a character?
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Background.
(c) Preferences.
(d) Intentions.

6. What will many experienced authors claim about their characters?
(a) They were taken from other literary works.
(b) They were taken from life.
(c) They were inspired by history.
(d) They were completely invented for the story.

7. What type of reputation can a character have?
(a) A character should not have a reputation.
(b) One that is deserved.
(c) Deserved or not deserved.
(d) One that is not deserved.

8. What kind of traits should a writer use when first introducing a character?
(a) Detailed.
(b) Broad-strokes.
(c) Limiting.
(d) Mysterious.

9. What must accompany self-sacrifice in an engaging character?
(a) Reason.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Mystery.

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

11. With what does the author intend to help writers?
(a) Writing longer novels.
(b) Writing shorter novels.
(c) Rating their work.
(d) Fulfilling their responsibilities.

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

13. 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.

14. In Chapter 8, how does the author want the reader to be engaged with a character?
(a) Fully, but gradually.
(b) Partially and gradually.
(c) Fully and immediately.
(d) Immediately, but partially.

15. What must a storyteller do when creating characters or events?
(a) Broaden the plot.
(b) Understand and define the implications of the plot.
(c) Broaden the theme.
(d) Understand and define the theme.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the life ideally given to fictional characters?

2. How necessary is it for characters to be more than stereotypes in a narrative where an idea is the primary focus?

3. On a basic level, which one of the following defines character in a narrative?

4. How many basic factors are there common to all forms of narrative writing?

5. What does having more complex characters lead to?

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