✅ Checkpoint: Storytelling and Q&A

By Better Wise

Quiz

  1. According to the story arc lesson, what are the four beats of a story, in order?
    • Hook, backstory, moral, call to action
    • Introduction, body, climax, conclusion
    • Setup, turn, tension, point
    • Setup, tension, turn, point
  2. A speaker opens with: "I'll keep this short, this is just something that happened a while ago, I wasn't sure whether to share it." What is the coach's verdict?
    • It builds suspense and makes the audience lean in
    • It is good because it manages expectations about length
    • It is an apology open and should be cut; start inside the moment instead
    • It works as long as the story itself is strong
  3. When shrinking a five-minute memory to 90 seconds, which element must never be cut?
    • Scene-setting that does not carry tension
    • Backstory and context
    • Secondary characters
    • The turn and the point
  4. In the Q&A lesson, what is the correct order of the four moves under pressure?
    • Reframe, pause, exit, bridge
    • Pause, bridge, reframe, exit
    • Pause, reframe, bridge, exit
    • Bridge, pause, reframe, exit
  5. Which of the following are part of the graceful "I don't know" move taught in the Q&A lesson? Select all that apply.
    • Say how you will find out
    • State what you do know
    • Say "I don't know" plainly
    • Offer a plausible estimate so the silence is filled
    • Give a date for the follow-up
  6. Which habits does the Q&A lesson list as costing you the room? Select all that apply.
    • Bridging without acknowledging the question
    • Answering the tone of a hostile question instead of its substance
    • Repeating the question so the back row can hear it
    • Filling the pause with "great question, so, um..."
    • Giving long answers to short questions
  7. The bridge formula for connecting a story to your message is: "That's why I now [specific behavior], and why [topic] ____ more than it looks."
  8. A 90-second story is delivered at roughly ____ words after a 4:1 cut from a 400-word draft.
  9. In Q&A, a visible list of deferred questions, each with a named owner and a date, is called a ____.
  10. Record your 90-second anecdote and your answer to the nastiest question your talk invites. Play both back and rate yourself against the rubric.

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