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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 is the author's theory about fiction in Chapter 5?
(a) Order in fiction helps us create order in reality.
(b) Fiction and reality can only coexist without order.
(c) Fiction and reality cannot coexist without order.
(d) Order in reality helps us create order in fiction.

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

3. Which one of the following is an example listed in Chapter 12 of a transformation causing consequence that is beyond a character's control?
(a) Animalistic nature.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Gullibility.
(d) Lack of intelligence.

4. What is a Presentation perspective?
(a) A narrative that prevents the reader from responding to a story.
(b) A narrative that influences the reader how to respond to the story.
(c) A narrative that reminds the reader they are being told a story.
(d) A narrative that allows the reader to forget they are being told a story.

5. What exists to provide justification for unexplained changes?
(a) Fiction.
(b) Flashbacks.
(c) Omens.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique can help avoid cliché?

2. What can other characters provide for the main character?

3. What two things should a writer be open to translating into their characters and stories?

4. What makes the techniques for interjecting humor even more effective?

5. How does the author describe what it means to "raise the stakes"?

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