A neighbor turns up in four chapters, complains about the weather each time, and the novel tells the reader nothing else about her. What kind of character is she?

A coach is generous with his players, savage with referees, quietly terrified of losing his job, and gentle with his daughter, and he believes exactly what he believed on page one. Which pair of terms fits him?

Which term names a character who holds the same beliefs and behaves the same way from the first page to the last?

A story brings on an absent-minded professor with wild hair who mislays his glasses, and gives him no trait a reader would not already have expected. What is this kind of character called?

Two characters in a novel are developed in equal depth, with contradictions and inner life. One changes his mind about his father by the end; the other does not. What do the two have in common?

In Pride and Prejudice the narrator writes of Mrs. Bennet, "The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news," and that aim never varies. Which term best fits her?

A narrator who defends her town's silence in the opening chapter testifies against the town in the closing one, and the novel shows the reader what changed her mind. What kind of character is she?

Which statement about round and dynamic characters is accurate?

Charles Dickens writes of Scrooge in Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol: "Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!" How is Scrooge characterized here?

In Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet answers his wife's complaints: "You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends." How is Mr. Bennet characterized here?

Austen's narrator says of Mrs. Bennet, "She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper." How is she characterized in that sentence?

"Marcus set his own umbrella over the stray dog's crate and stood in the rain for an hour until the shelter van came." How is Marcus characterized in this sentence?

"When Ivy came into the break room, two of the nurses stopped talking and a third suddenly found something to do at the sink." How is Ivy characterized in this sentence?

Which sentence characterizes Dev directly?

Tybalt answers Benvolio in Act 1, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet: "What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee." How is Tybalt characterized here?

"Nadia read the contract twice, circled two lines, and asked what 'reasonable notice' meant before she would sign it." What does the behavior most directly show?

"Told the bus was full, Theo gave his seat number to the woman with the cane and waited two hours in the depot for the next one." What does the behavior most directly show?

"Every time the manager asked who had broken the register, Owen studied the floor and said nothing, though he had watched it happen." What does the behavior most directly show?

"Priya taught herself the new inventory system on Saturday so that she could show the rest of the crew how to use it on Monday." What does the behavior most directly show?

"Ken rewrote the letter four times, checked every date against the file, and mailed it a day early." Which trait does this sentence NOT support?

"Asked how the game had gone, Deion talked for ten minutes about his own three goals and never mentioned the final score." What does the behavior most directly show?

In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio treats love as a coarse joke in scene after scene while Romeo speaks of it as worship. Mercutio never opposes Romeo's aims. What is Mercutio to Romeo?

A novel places a reckless younger brother beside a cautious older one in scene after scene, and each makes the opposite choice. What does the pairing mainly accomplish?

What is the difference between a foil and an antagonist?

In A Christmas Carol, Fred keeps inviting his uncle to Christmas dinner and greets everyone warmly, while Scrooge refuses every invitation. What does Fred's presence in the story chiefly do?

Which pair of characters functions as foils?

By the end of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge sends the Cratchits a turkey and gives to the charity he had refused, Bob Cratchit is still at his desk, and Fred is still good-humored. Which character is dynamic?

In the last chapter the coach who had never played a substitute starts three of them, the trainer follows the same taping routine he has used for years, and the captain still argues every call. Which character is dynamic?

Which detail shows that a character is dynamic?

A daughter leaves home believing her father was right and returns believing he was wrong. Her brother holds the same view on the last page as on the first. Which statement is accurate?