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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the term, "take", describe in a comedy?
(a) When a character points out the absurdity of something.
(b) When a character points out the irony of something.
(c) When a narrator points out the inaccuracies of something.
(d) When a narrator points out the seriousness of something.

6. 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) Lack of intelligence.
(c) Gullibility.
(d) Animalistic nature.

7. What type of motives should be included when writing a character that is more believable?
(a) Inconsistent and changing.
(b) Consistent and unchanging.
(c) Clearly defined.
(d) Vaguely defined.

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

9. What is a Representation perspective?
(a) A narrative that allows the reader to forget they are being read 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 prevents the reader from responding to a story.

10. What type of relationships can contribute to a character's attitude?
(a) Present.
(b) Past.
(c) Past, present, or future.
(d) Future.

11. Which tenses are the most commonly used?
(a) Present or past tense.
(b) Present or future tense.
(c) Present, past, or future tense.
(d) Past or future tense.

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

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

14. As explained in Chapter 12, which author wrote stories that featured characters that did not change by their own motives?
(a) Thomas Hardy.
(b) D. H. Lawrence.
(c) C. S. Forester.
(d) A A Milne.

15. What does the term, "downplaying", refer to in comedy?
(a) Making more of a triumph instead of less.
(b) Making more of a setback instead of less.
(c) Making less of a setback instead of more.
(d) Making less of a triumph instead of more.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the beginning of Chapter 12, what changes along with people?

2. Besides an individually defined character, what does the narrator of a first person story need?

3. In Chapter 11, what does the author state makes a character believable?

4. What can a third person narrative suffer from?

5. As explained in Chapter 15, what is the time difference in "showing" and "telling"?

(see the answer keys)

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