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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a viewpoint narrator?
(a) One that observes and comments on the narrative from the perspective of only the major characters.
(b) One that observes and comments on the narrative from the perspective of a single character.
(c) One that observes and comments on the narrative from the perspective of only the minor characters.
(d) One that observes and comments on the narrative from the perspective of the reader.

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

4. Which series of novels by Robert Parker are listed as an example of characters that are influenced to change?
(a) Spenser.
(b) Jesse Stone.
(c) Sunny Randall.
(d) Philip Marlowe.

5. In general, how do people write in comparison to the way they speak?
(a) They write worse than they speak.
(b) They write faster than they speak.
(c) They write slower than they speak.
(d) They write better than they speak.

6. How much fiction uses random transformation?
(a) None.
(b) Some.
(c) All.
(d) Most.

7. What are the most popular forms of narration?
(a) First person or third person.
(b) First person, second person, or third person.
(c) Second person or third person.
(d) First person or second person.

8. Why do some readers interpret a change in a character that was not written to change?
(a) The reader did not understand the plot.
(b) The author did not understand the reader.
(c) The reader did not understand the character when reading about it.
(d) The author did not understand the character when writing it.

9. What is an omniscient narrator?
(a) One that observes and understands the narrative, but does not have to comment on it.
(b) One that observes, understands, and comments on the narrative.
(c) One that comments on the narrative without observing or understanding it.
(d) One that observes and comments on the narrative, but does not have to understand it.

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

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. How can a character effectively have a random transformation?
(a) Only in a world where everyone else changes.
(b) Only in a world where no one else changes.
(c) Only in a world where random change is normal.
(d) Only in a world where random change is abnormal.

13. What is the benefit of an omniscient narrator?
(a) It can provide a better understanding of the reasons behind the events for the reader.
(b) It can reveal more character in less time.
(c) It can provide a better understanding of the events for a reader.
(d) It can reveal more character in a way that is clearer.

14. What makes the techniques for interjecting humor even more effective?
(a) An emotional or historical reason.
(b) An emotional or logical reason.
(c) A logical or historical reason.
(d) An emotional, logical, or historical reason.

15. What is it that changes the control a writer has when they write words down?
(a) The fact that a writer cannot hear the words.
(b) The fact that a writer writes without thinking.
(c) The fact that a writer speaks without thinking.
(d) The fact that a writer can see the words.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can happen when an abnormal tense is chosen by a writer?

2. In a comedy, what are the comedic interjections grounded in?

3. What can a third person narrative suffer from?

4. What is the amount of justification proportionate to?

5. What does the term, "downplaying", refer to in comedy?

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