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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As explained in Chapter 12, which author wrote stories that featured characters that did not change by their own motives?
(a) A A Milne.
(b) Thomas Hardy.
(c) C. S. Forester.
(d) D. H. Lawrence.

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

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

4. How can changes in people be perceived by others?
(a) They might not understand it.
(b) They will never understand it.
(c) They will always understand it.
(d) They might not want to understand it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of vocabulary creates a negative response to a character?

2. What happens to sources of inspiration once they are incorporated into characters?

3. Besides context, what else can a name provide for a character?

4. How does the author describe writing based on an issue?

5. Which one of the following triggers a negative reaction from readers?

(see the answer key)

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