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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following is not an example the author uses as a way to add emotional intensity to a character?
(a) Mistakes.
(b) Omens.
(c) Signs.
(d) Symbols.

2. What does the term, "downplaying", refer to in comedy?
(a) Making less of a triumph instead of more.
(b) Making more of a setback instead of less.
(c) Making less of a setback instead of more.
(d) Making more of a triumph instead of less.

3. Besides emotional, what type of attention from the reader is the goal of Chapter 7?
(a) Analytical.
(b) Subconscious.
(c) Inadvertent.
(d) Intellectual.

4. How much fiction uses random transformation?
(a) None.
(b) All.
(c) Most.
(d) Some.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What must a writer define in creative writing?

2. What is the benefit of an omniscient narrator?

3. Which tenses are the most commonly used?

4. In general, how do people write in comparison to the way they speak?

5. How does the author describe writing based on an issue?

(see the answer key)

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