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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 uncaused.
(d) Absurd and caused.

2. In comedy, how should a transformation be presented?
(a) In an unjustified way.
(b) In a justified way.
(c) In the middle of the story.
(d) Close to the end of the story.

3. 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) Arrogance.
(b) Animalistic nature.
(c) Lack of intelligence.
(d) Gullibility.

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

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

6. 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) Familiar and logical.
(d) Strange in an unreasonable way.

7. What difficulty exists when writing a first person narrative?
(a) The distance in time.
(b) The closeness in space.
(c) The distance in space.
(d) The closeness in time.

8. Which one of the following is an example of a character that remains unchanged?
(a) A character who changes involuntarily.
(b) A character who pretends to change.
(c) A character who only changes around specific characters.
(d) A character who wants to change, but cannot.

9. What exists to provide justification for unexplained changes?
(a) History.
(b) Omens.
(c) Flashbacks.
(d) Fiction.

10. 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.

11. 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 similar event after the one not described.
(c) There should be a similar event before the one not described.
(d) There should be a clear and valid justification.

12. Based on the author's quote at the end of Chapter 16, when is a first person narrative not worth doing?
(a) When it reveals the narrator's character.
(b) When it does not reveal the narrator's character.
(c) When it does not reveal the opinions of the narrator.
(d) When it reveals the opinions of the narrator.

13. As explained in Chapter 15, what is the time difference in "showing" and "telling"?
(a) Showing and telling take the same amount of time.
(b) Showing takes less time than telling.
(c) The time for both showing and telling depends on the writer.
(d) Showing takes more time than telling.

14. How do the motives of a believable character affect the direction of the story?
(a) They change the direction of the story.
(b) They keep the direction of the story on track.
(c) They abandon the direction of the story.
(d) They do not affect the direction of the story.

15. What type of speech patterns do people use when they are talking into a recorder?
(a) A higher voice than normal.
(b) Their normal speaking voice.
(c) A lower voice than normal.
(d) Their dictation dialect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tenses are the most commonly used?

2. What are the most popular forms of narration?

3. Which incidents in the story must the narrator be present for in order to make a first person narrative effective?

4. What will the writer have with more important characters and changes?

5. When is telling a story valuable to a narrative?

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