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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. Why should sources of inspiration be altered?
(a) To make them more mysterious.
(b) To make them more familiar.
(c) To make them more unrealistic
(d) To make them more effective.

2. What should the writer's own experiences have in order to be used as fictional inspiration?
(a) Emotional, theoretical, or experiential connection with a character.
(b) Emotional, spiritual, or experiential connection with a character.
(c) Theoretical, spiritual, or experiential connection with a character.
(d) Emotional, theoretical, or spiritual connection with a character.

3. Why does a character in a novel pursue a transformation in his/her life?
(a) His/her role has become unbearable.
(b) His/her role has become complicated.
(c) His/her role has become unpredictable.
(d) His/her role has become insignificant.

4. What is the main advantage of a first person narrative?
(a) To encourage the reader to accept the world as someone else sees it.
(b) To cause the reader to accept their own world.
(c) To let the reader see the world as someone else sees it.
(d) To let the reader understand the world differently than the narrator sees it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which perspective is placed on the humor by a writer in a comedy?

2. What type of speech patterns do people use when they are talking into a recorder?

3. What type of relationships can contribute to a character's attitude?

4. Which of the following is not an example of a minor character's function?

5. What is one of the problems with writing based on an issue?

(see the answer key)

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