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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following is not a powerful resource for finding characters listed by the author?
(a) The writer's unrelated memories.
(b) The writer's self.
(c) The writer's feelings.
(d) The writer's previous works.

2. How many of the basic elements of a narrative does milieu incorporate?
(a) None of them.
(b) Three of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) One of them.

3. What must a storyteller do when creating characters or events?
(a) Understand and define the implications of the plot.
(b) Broaden the theme.
(c) Broaden the plot.
(d) Understand and define the theme.

4. What is the fourth and final technique for interjecting humor listed by the author in Chapter 10?
(a) Eccentricity.
(b) Timing.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Role reversal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "controlled disbelief" refer to?

2. According to the author in Chapter 10, what is comedy almost always about?

3. According to the author, what is the purpose of fiction?

4. What type of pain and suffering for a character causes the reader's emotional investment to expand?

5. Which character in Pygmalion does the author use as an example of a character that changes him or herself?

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