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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which one of the following is not an example of a story where an idea is the primary narrative?
(a) Caper.
(b) Western.
(c) Detective.
(d) Mystery.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the subtitle of "Characters and Viewpoint", what are the three objectives that the author promises to deliver?

2. What is one of the problems with writing based on an issue?

3. What must a writer define in creative writing?

4. What technique can help avoid cliché?

5. Why is it necessary for a reader to care about the characters in a narrative?

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