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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following is an example listed in Chapter 12 of a transformation causing consequence that is beyond a character's control?
(a) Animalistic nature.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Lack of intelligence.
(d) Gullibility.

2. In a comedy, what are the comedic interjections grounded in?
(a) Conversation.
(b) Actions.
(c) Truth.
(d) Fiction.

3. What must happen when a narrator does not describe an event in a first person narration?
(a) There should be more than one event taking place at the same time.
(b) There should be a clear and valid justification.
(c) There should be a similar event after the one not described.
(d) There should be a similar event before the one not described.

4. In Chapter 11, what does the author state makes a character believable?
(a) The illusion of truth.
(b) The allusion to truth.
(c) The portrayal of truth.
(d) The absence of truth.

5. What style of writing is effective in combining the telling of a story with the reason it is being told?
(a) Comic writing.
(b) Dramatic writing.
(c) Mystery writing.
(d) Adventure writing.

6. What distinguishes a first person narrative from other forms?
(a) It is slightly more intimate.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) It is slightly less intimate.
(d) It is much more intimate.

7. What type of influences might cause a character to change?
(a) The influence of other characters or circumstances.
(b) The influence of circumstances, but not characters.
(c) The influence of other characters, but not circumstances.
(d) The influence of neither other characters nor circumstances.

8. What is the number of characters available to a writer, according to the author in Chapter 18?
(a) Unlimited.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

9. What is one of fiction's most important purposes?
(a) To make the reader feel less uncomfortable.
(b) To make the reader feel less sorrow.
(c) To make the reader feel more uncomfortable.
(d) To make the reader feel more sorrow.

10. According to the author in the beginning of Chapter 12, what changes along with people?
(a) Their behavior.
(b) Their attitude.
(c) Their goals.
(d) Their situation.

11. What Ayn Rand book, mentioned in Chapter 12, features sympathetic characters that are not transformed, but unmasked?
(a) The Voice of Reason.
(b) We the Living.
(c) The Fountainhead.
(d) Anthem.

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

13. What types of details are necessary to make a character believable?
(a) Irrelevant, but appropriate.
(b) Relevant, but inappropriate.
(c) Relevant and appropriate.
(d) Irrelevant and inappropriate.

14. According to the author in Chapter 10, what is comedy almost always about?
(a) Betrayal.
(b) Pain.
(c) Accidents.
(d) Vengeance.

15. What is the fourth and final technique for interjecting humor listed by the author in Chapter 10?
(a) Eccentricity.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Timing.
(d) Role reversal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is an example of a character that remains unchanged?

2. What is it that changes the control a writer has when they write words down?

3. According to the author in Chapter 13, what is the writer's responsibility?

4. Which tenses are the most commonly used?

5. Which one of the following is not an example used by the author when listing the different voices people use?

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