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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is milieu?
(a) The physical, cultural, or social context.
(b) The physical, historical, or social context.
(c) The mental, cultural, or social context.
(d) The mental, historical, or social context.

2. How does the author describe the act of creative writing in the Introduction?
(a) As a collaborative act.
(b) As a solitary act.
(c) As an unlimited act.
(d) As a limited act.

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

4. What type of reaction will an audience have to a character with opposing characteristics?
(a) Immediate and negative.
(b) They may not respond at all.
(c) Immediate, but not necessarily negative.
(d) Slow, but mostly negative.

5. What does the writer use with words to achieve his/her main goals?
(a) Poetic license.
(b) Research.
(c) Structure.
(d) Grammar.

6. Which of the following is not an example of a minor character's function?
(a) To define the main theme.
(b) To create suspense.
(c) To offer information.
(d) To act as a love interest.

7. Which one of the following is not a powerful resource for finding characters listed by the author?
(a) The writer's feelings.
(b) The writer's previous works.
(c) The writer's self.
(d) The writer's unrelated memories.

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

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

10. How does the author describe writing based on an issue?
(a) A tricky source of characters.
(b) An ambiguous source of characters.
(c) A distracting source of characters.
(d) A misleading source of characters.

11. What happens to sources of inspiration once they are incorporated into characters?
(a) They are added to or completely changed.
(b) They are exaggerated or completely changed.
(c) They are added to, exaggerated, or completely changed.
(d) They are added to or exaggerated.

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

13. Which one of the following is not an example the author uses as a way to add emotional intensity to a character?
(a) Omens.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Signs.

14. What is the author's theory about fiction in Chapter 5?
(a) Fiction and reality can only coexist without order.
(b) Order in reality helps us create order in fiction.
(c) Fiction and reality cannot coexist without order.
(d) Order in fiction helps us create order in reality.

15. What does the contract between an author and a reader state?
(a) That the narrative will introduce more characters.
(b) That the narrative will reach a conclusion.
(c) That the narrative will have a happy ending.
(d) That the narrative will introduce less characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of traits should a writer use when first introducing a character?

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

3. What two things should a writer be open to translating into their characters and stories?

4. What type of physical appearance can make a character more engaging?

5. How many different aspects of creative writing are there?

(see the answer keys)

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