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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How much impact does sound have on the types of voices the author is discussing in Chapter 13?
(a) It has an average impact on it.
(b) It has no impact on it.
(c) It is a major part of it.
(d) It is only a small part of it.

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

5. What exists to provide justification for unexplained changes?
(a) Fiction.
(b) History.
(c) Omens.
(d) Flashbacks.

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

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

8. How can a character appear to change while remaining unchanged?
(a) They only change in front of certain characters.
(b) The author does not develop the character effectively.
(c) They reveal the truth about who they were all along.
(d) The reader is misinterpreting the character.

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

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

11. From what perspective is the narrative being written?
(a) What the narrator wants the reader to hear.
(b) What the reader wants to hear.
(c) What the narrator believes he/she is saying.
(d) What the reader is hearing.

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

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

14. What makes the techniques for interjecting humor even more effective?
(a) An emotional, logical, or historical reason.
(b) An emotional or historical reason.
(c) A logical or historical reason.
(d) An emotional or logical reason.

15. What can a third person narrative suffer from?
(a) A closeness in space.
(b) A distance in space.
(c) A closeness in time.
(d) A distance in time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do third person narratives transcend?

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

3. When is telling a story valuable to a narrative?

4. What type of attitude should a character have with reference to events?

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

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