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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In order to help make a character more believable, how should the details be presented?
(a) Sporadically.
(b) Pertinently.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Gradually.

4. How can changes in people be perceived by others?
(a) They will never understand it.
(b) They might not want to understand it.
(c) They might not understand it.
(d) They will always understand it.

5. 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 sympathize with them more.
(c) So they will anticipate the events in the book.
(d) So they will want to know more about them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do walk-ons lend to a narrative?

2. Which Irish novelist does the author refer to when describing characters that change from situations beyond their control?

3. What is the author's theory about fiction in Chapter 5?

4. What should the motives reveal when making a character more believable?

5. What type of reputation can a character have?

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