Jumping/Platforms

Will your game require multi-leveled platforms? Will there be punitive damage inflicted on your hero if he doesn't stay on the platforms (fall to death, lose heath - Mario Bros. or Contra). Will your some of your platforms be destroyable (like bricks in Mario Bros.)? 

No there will not be any platforms. Yes there will be damage inflicted to the hero. 

Running, Jumping, etc.

Will your game require multi-leveled platforms? most likely it will have mult-levels.

Will there be punitive damage inflicted on your hero if he doesn't stay on the platforms (fall to death, lose heath - Mario Bros. or Contra). yea there will be. Will your some of your platforms be destroyable (like bricks in Mario Bros.)? No

Drag and Drop

 Will dragging and dropping be a part of your game interface? no not really

 If so, explain to me what dragging and dropping will allow your player to accomplish. It will not be any drag and dropping in the game

character effects

After learning about these different movie clip properties (alpha, xscale, yscale, etc), is there a particular place in your game these will be useful? Yes because it will be used in the preloader.