Question

A stock character is one that's

A. constantly changing and adapting to situations.
B. always involved in some type of internal conflict
C. generally the main character in a story.
D. typically one-dimensional with a dominant quality.

Answer 1

I am most certainly positive that the correct answer is... familiar and commonly used in many stories.

(this answer choice is not shown in the question above, but it was on the pf exam that I took)

I originally marked that choice as my answer, but then changed it to D. (typically one-dimensional with a dominant quality) and I got it wrong!!

I am warning you now! D is NOT the correct answer!!!

Answer 2

I believe the correct answer is: D. typically one-dimensional with a dominant quality.

The stock characters represent familiar or common characters which are often used in literary tradition and are well-known to the audience/readers. This type of character is stereotypical and archetypal (the base or concept for developing characters), distinguished by one quality. For example, stock characters are miser, folly etc.