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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which one of the following is not an example of a story where milieu is the prime narrative?
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Western.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Science-fiction.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe what it means to "raise the stakes"?

2. What should the writer's own experiences have in order to be used as fictional inspiration?

3. How many basic types of characters are there?

4. With what does the author intend to help writers?

5. In a comedy, what are the comedic interjections grounded in?

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