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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do third person narratives transcend?
(a) Understanding, but not awareness.
(b) Awareness, but not understanding.
(c) Awareness and understanding.
(d) Neither awareness nor understanding.

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

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

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

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

7. What is the fourth and final technique for interjecting humor listed by the author in Chapter 10?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Role reversal.
(c) Eccentricity.
(d) Timing.

8. What is a key contributor to a character's attitude?
(a) The future.
(b) The past.
(c) The past, present, and future.
(d) The present.

9. What is a common reaction to a change?
(a) People might be saddened by it.
(b) People might be confused by it.
(c) People might be fearful of it.
(d) People might be amused by it.

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

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

12. What type of attitude should a character have with reference to events?
(a) Vaguely defined.
(b) Inconsistent and changing.
(c) Consistent and unchanging.
(d) Clearly defined.

13. What will the writer have with more important characters and changes?
(a) More time to explain the transformation.
(b) Less of a need to explain the transformation.
(c) More of a need to explain the transformation.
(d) Less time to explain the transformation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are "showing" and "telling" defined?

3. What is "justification"?

4. According to the author in Chapter 13, what is the writer's responsibility?

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

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