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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should a writer do when adding layers to a stereotyped character?
(a) Confirm the reader's expectations.
(b) Surprise the reader.
(c) Prove the reader wrong.
(d) Confuse the reader.

2. How much freedom do characters have to change in comedy?
(a) More.
(b) Only the central character can change in comedy.
(c) None.
(d) Less.

3. What is a narrative that is focused on an event trying to make sense of?
(a) Intentions.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Milieu.
(d) Ideas.

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

5. When is telling a story valuable to a narrative?
(a) Only when it advances present action.
(b) Only when it advances future action.
(c) Only when it explains a past action.
(d) Only when it explains a present or future action.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is not an example of a story where milieu is the prime narrative?

2. What is milieu?

3. How is the event described?

4. What is the first way a writer can engage the reader?

5. When an idea is the primary focus, what is the role of the characters?

(see the answer key)

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