Which of these countries is known for its amazing and haunting cave paintings?
France
The United States
Italy
Bangladesh
Thailand
Which of these is the name of America's live, true, personal storytelling event series?
The Fly
The Moth
The Butterfly
The Cloth
The Microphone
Which of these books is NOT on the list of the most read books in the last fifty years?
The Lord of The Rings
Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung
Diary of Anne Frank
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Alchemist
What do you call an observation about yourself that can serve as a seed of a story?
A kernel
A core idea
A notion
A float
A cloud
Which section is NOT traditionally considered part of the story arc (sometimes called the dramatic arc)?
The Climax
The Resolution
The Prestige
The Setting
The Rising Action
Which of these is most likely to come near the end of a story delivered by a live storyteller?
The storyteller explains how the mood in the room is getting more and more tense.
The storyteller is painting a picture of what exactly the weather was like on that memorable day.
The storyteller is describing an incredible discovery at the moment of the story's climax.
The storyteller is explaining that the story took place in the first week of June in 1981.
The storyteller is telling the audience how much the events of that day made a lasting impact on how he sees the world.
Most great stories involve change of some major kind. Which of the below is NOT a kind of change that you might see in a story?
The character believes something about himself at the end that he didn't at the beginning.
The character considers what it might be like to do something she's always wanted to do but has never done.
The character now sees that she's capable of doing something that she never thought possible.
The character thought that she saw something every day but didn't TRULY see it until that one special day.
The character was transformed by the events of that incredible morning.
When does the process of a storyteller connecting to the audience begin?
At the end of the story
Near the beginning of the story
The moment the story starts
The moment the story ends
At the climax of the story
Which of these is the aspect of a great story that usually creates a lasting impression for the audience?
The storyteller's eyes
The storyteller's charisma
The storyteller's body language
The storyteller's predictions
The storyteller's honesty
Which of these below will nearly always result in the audience and the storyteller failing to develop a connection?
The storyteller praises himself
The storyteller reveals a secret
The storyteller doesn't fully trust his memory
The storyteller shows a hidden side of himself
The storyteller admits a mistake
Who is storytelling for?
Children
Babies
Teenagers
Adults
Everyone