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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How will the story itself suggest characters?
(a) According to the beginning of a story.
(b) According to the ending of a story.
(c) According to what needs to happen, but not how it needs to take place.
(d) According to what needs to happen and how it needs to take place.

2. What are three good example of character definition in fiction?
(a) Talents, relatives, and habits.
(b) Talents, relatives, and behavior.
(c) Relatives, habits, and behavior.
(d) Talents, habits, and behavior.

3. What two ideals is the author blending in Chapter 9?
(a) The selfish with the unselfish.
(b) The predictable with the unpredictable.
(c) The intelligent with the unintelligent.
(d) The romantic with the realistic.

4. What must accompany self-sacrifice in an engaging character?
(a) Desperation.
(b) Reason.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Mystery.

5. What is part of the reader's experience of the milieu?
(a) The normalcy and predictability of the characters.
(b) The strangeness and familiarity of the characters.
(c) The normalcy and unpredictability of the characters.
(d) The strangeness and unfamiliarity of the characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is milieu?

2. What kind of characterization is needed in a narrative that features the characters as the primary focus?

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

4. What can cause a reader to become more engaged with a character?

5. What kind of narrative should a storyteller use?

(see the answer key)

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