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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much freedom do characters have to change in comedy?
(a) Only the central character can change in comedy.
(b) Less.
(c) None.
(d) More.

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

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

4. 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 explains a present or future action.
(d) Only when it advances future action.

5. Which one of the following is not given in Chapter 12 as a reason for characters to change themselves?
(a) Will.
(b) External circumstances.
(c) Action.
(d) Greed.

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

7. What reason does a character have for going through a random transformation?
(a) No reason.
(b) An illogical reason.
(c) An unexplained reason.
(d) A logical reason.

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

9. Which form of language requires more precision?
(a) Writing and speaking both require the same amount of precision.
(b) Writing.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Neither writing nor speaking requires precision.

10. How does a flashback affect the present narrative?
(a) It does not affect the narrative.
(b) It stops the narrative.
(c) It slows the narrative down.
(d) It speeds the narrative up.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main advantage of a first person narrative?

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

3. What can a third person narrative suffer from?

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

5. Which perspective is placed on the humor by a writer in a comedy?

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