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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe the world created in a first person narrative in Chapter 16?
(a) Strange in a reasonable way.
(b) Strange and twisted.
(c) Strange in an unreasonable way.
(d) Familiar and logical.

2. What is a Representation perspective?
(a) A narrative that prevents the reader from responding to a story.
(b) A narrative that reminds the reader they are being told a story.
(c) A narrative that influences the reader how to respond to the story.
(d) A narrative that allows the reader to forget they are being read a story.

3. Which one of the following is not an example the author uses as a way to add emotional intensity to a character?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Omens.
(d) Signs.

4. What are three good example of character definition in fiction?
(a) Talents, relatives, and habits.
(b) Relatives, habits, and behavior.
(c) Talents, habits, and behavior.
(d) Talents, relatives, and behavior.

5. What happens if a disproportionate amount of justification is presented in a story?
(a) The reader will not understand why the author has not delivered anything.
(b) The reader will not understand the things that the author will deliver.
(c) The reader will expect things that the author will not deliver.
(d) The reader will not expect the things that the author will deliver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a key contributor to a character's attitude?

2. What is one of fiction's most important purposes?

3. What are the other words used by the author to describe random transformations in characters?

4. Which one of the following triggers a negative reaction from readers?

5. What kind of narrative should a storyteller use?

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