Characters and Viewpoint Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Characters and Viewpoint Test | Final Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is telling a story valuable to a narrative?
(a) Only when it explains a past action.
(b) Only when it advances future action.
(c) Only when it explains a present or future action.
(d) Only when it advances present action.

2. How are "showing" and "telling" defined?
(a) Showing affects only the characters, telling affects only the events.
(b) Showing gives a sense of passivity, telling gives a sense of immediacy.
(c) Showing affects only the events, telling affects only the characters.
(d) Showing gives a sense of immediacy, telling gives a sense of passivity.

3. What is a key contributor to a character's attitude?
(a) The future.
(b) The past.
(c) The present.
(d) The past, present, and future.

4. Which type of narrative is most often used when writing from a Representation perspective?
(a) First person or second person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

5. What reason does a character have for going through a random transformation?
(a) A logical reason.
(b) An illogical reason.
(c) An unexplained reason.
(d) No reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Representation perspective?

2. In comedy, how should a transformation be presented?

3. What is the benefit of an omniscient narrator?

4. How does the author describe the world created in a first person narrative in Chapter 16?

5. What is an omniscient narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways can a character change him/herself?

2. What are the three levels in which a writer can penetrate the mind or experience of a viewpoint character?

3. What are some of the different voices a person uses based on the situation?

4. What are some of the ways a writer can develop a story around characters that do not change?

5. How can a random transformation be written if it seems to occur for no reason?

6. What happens when a reader interprets a change in a character that was not intended?

7. What are some of the techniques for interjecting humor?

8. How do "showing" and "telling" affect the story?

9. How can a writer explore a character's past?

10. What creates believable characters, according to the author in, "The Serious Character: Make Us Believe"?

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