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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 not an example used by the author when listing the different voices people use?
(a) A voice used with children.
(b) An internal voice.
(c) A voice used with parents.
(d) A telephone voice.

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

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

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

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

6. How are "showing" and "telling" defined?
(a) Showing affects only the characters, telling affects only the events.
(b) Showing affects only the events, telling affects only the characters.
(c) Showing gives a sense of passivity, telling gives a sense of immediacy.
(d) Showing gives a sense of immediacy, telling gives a sense of passivity.

7. 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.

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

9. Besides an individually defined character, what does the narrator of a first person story need?
(a) A reason for telling the story.
(b) A reason for his/her actions in the story.
(c) A knowledge of the major characters.
(d) A knowledge of all other characters.

10. Which Irish novelist does the author refer to when describing characters that change from situations beyond their control?
(a) Jonathan Swift.
(b) Charles Kickham.
(c) William Carleton.
(d) James Joyce.

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

12. In the author's opinion, what must a transformation be?
(a) Justified and logical.
(b) Logical.
(c) Complete.
(d) Justified.

13. What should the writer avoid when defining the voice of a narrator?
(a) Overuse of speech habit.
(b) Underuse of metaphors.
(c) Underuse of speech habit.
(d) Overuse of metaphors.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tenses are the most commonly used?

2. Which type of narrative is most often used when writing from a Representation perspective?

3. What is a viewpoint narrator?

4. As explained in Chapter 12, which author wrote stories that featured characters that did not change by their own motives?

5. In order to help make a character more believable, how should the details be presented?

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