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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can happen when an abnormal tense is chosen by a writer?
(a) It draws attention away from the story.
(b) It replaces the story.
(c) It enhances the story.
(d) It draws more attention to the story.

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

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

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

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

6. How can changes in people be perceived by others?
(a) They will never understand it.
(b) They might not want to understand it.
(c) They might not understand it.
(d) They will always understand it.

7. What is "justification"?
(a) Presenting details about a character to explain a past, present, or future event.
(b) Presenting actions early in a narrative to explain future actions.
(c) Presenting details around an action as it is occurring to explain that action.
(d) Presenting actions at the end of a narrative to explain earlier actions.

8. Which character in Pygmalion does the author use as an example of a character that changes him or herself?
(a) Clara.
(b) Higgins.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Freddy.

9. Which perspective is placed on the humor by a writer in a comedy?
(a) Reasonable.
(b) Narrow.
(c) Unreasonable.
(d) Skewed.

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

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

12. 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.

13. Which form of language requires more precision?
(a) Writing.
(b) Speaking.
(c) Writing and speaking both require the same amount of precision.
(d) Neither writing nor speaking requires precision.

14. How should exaggeration be used when writing a comedy?
(a) With extreme caution.
(b) With no boundaries.
(c) Exaggeration should not be used in a comedy.
(d) Within certain boundaries.

15. What are the other words used by the author to describe random transformations in characters?
(a) Deliberate and uncaused.
(b) Deliberate and caused.
(c) Absurd and caused.
(d) Absurd and uncaused.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some readers interpret a change in a character that was not written to change?

2. What does the term, "take", describe in a comedy?

3. How much impact does sound have on the types of voices the author is discussing in Chapter 13?

4. Which one of the following is not given in Chapter 12 as a reason for characters to change themselves?

5. What is a common reaction to a change?

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