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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kinds of situations can make a character more interesting?
(a) Ones that the character and the reader are expecting.
(b) Ones that the reader is unaccustomed with.
(c) Ones that the character is unaccustomed with.
(d) Ones that the character has been in before.

3. Why should sources of inspiration be altered?
(a) To make them more unrealistic
(b) To make them more effective.
(c) To make them more familiar.
(d) To make them more mysterious.

4. How many different aspects of creative writing are there?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word is used to describe the life ideally given to fictional characters?

3. What does the writer use with words to achieve his/her main goals?

4. What can other characters provide for the main character?

5. What do the two questions the author poses at the end of Chapter 2 add to a novel?

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