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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 happens to sources of inspiration once they are incorporated into characters?
(a) They are added to or completely changed.
(b) They are added to or exaggerated.
(c) They are exaggerated or completely changed.
(d) They are added to, exaggerated, or completely changed.

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

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

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

5. How does the author define an idea?
(a) What the reader is intended to understand and/or learn.
(b) What the reader is not intended to understand and/or learn.
(c) What the reader is intended to learn, but not necessarily understand.
(d) What the reader is intended to understand, but not necessarily learn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place can writers use as inspiration for their characters?

2. On a basic level, which one of the following defines character in a narrative?

3. How many of the basic elements of a narrative does milieu incorporate?

4. How is the event described?

5. What determines the amount of characterization in an event?

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