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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of jeopardy can a character be placed in to evoke an emotional response from the reader?
(a) Only emotional and unbelievable.
(b) Physical or emotional, but believable.
(c) Physical or emotional, but unbelievable.
(d) Only physical and believable.

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

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

4. Which one of the following is not an example of how to vary the names of characters to distinguish them for the reader?
(a) Ending letters.
(b) Length.
(c) Initials.
(d) Number of syllables.

5. What will the writer have with more important characters and changes?
(a) More of a need to explain the transformation.
(b) Less of a need to explain the transformation.
(c) More time to explain the transformation.
(d) Less time to explain the transformation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which one of the following is not given in Chapter 12 as a reason for characters to change themselves?

3. How can a character effectively have a random transformation?

4. As explained in Chapter 12, which author wrote stories that featured characters that did not change by their own motives?

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

(see the answer key)

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