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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. In order to help make a character more believable, how should the details be presented?
(a) Gradually.
(b) Sporadically.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Pertinently.

4. What does "controlled disbelief" refer to?
(a) When a character refuses to go along with something they cannot believe.
(b) When a character goes along with something they cannot believe.
(c) When a character makes another character go along with something neither one of them believe.
(d) When a character makes another character go along with something they cannot believe.

5. 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.

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

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

8. What is a Presentation perspective?
(a) A narrative that reminds the reader they are being told a story.
(b) A narrative that allows the reader to forget they are being told a story.
(c) A narrative that prevents the reader from responding to a story.
(d) A narrative that influences the reader how to respond to the story.

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 knowledge of all other characters.
(c) A knowledge of the major characters.
(d) A reason for his/her actions in the story.

10. What is the amount of justification proportionate to?
(a) The event being justified.
(b) The number of events involved in the character being justified.
(c) The character being justified.
(d) The number of characters involved in the event being justified.

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

12. In Chapter 11, what does the author state makes a character believable?
(a) The illusion of truth.
(b) The absence of truth.
(c) The portrayal of truth.
(d) The allusion to truth.

13. 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 random change is normal.
(c) Only in a world where everyone else changes.
(d) Only in a world where no one else changes.

14. What happens if a disproportionate amount of justification is presented in a story?
(a) The reader will not understand the things that the author will deliver.
(b) The reader will expect things that the author will not deliver.
(c) The reader will not understand why the author has not delivered anything.
(d) The reader will not expect the things that the author will deliver.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the author's opinion, what must a transformation be?

3. What type of humor is injected into a comedy?

4. Which one of the following is not an example used by the author when listing the different voices people use?

5. How much freedom do characters have to change in comedy?

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