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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Based on the author's quote at the end of Chapter 16, when is a first person narrative not worth doing?
(a) When it does not reveal the opinions of the narrator.
(b) When it does not reveal the narrator's character.
(c) When it reveals the opinions of the narrator.
(d) When it reveals the narrator's character.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How should exaggeration be used when writing a comedy?

2. From what perspective is the narrative being written?

3. Which type of narrative is most often used when writing from a Presentation perspective?

4. How can a character appear to change while remaining unchanged?

5. What can a third person narrative suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the topic of transformations lead the author to an important reason that fiction exists?

2. What is the difference between first person narrative and third person narrative?

3. What can contribute to a powerful sense of attitude for a character?

4. What is the difference between a presentation and a representation perspective?

5. What is comedy usually the result of, and what is humor based on?

6. How is the illusion of truth created?

7. What are some of the ways a writer can develop a story around characters that do not change?

8. What are the three levels in which a writer can penetrate the mind or experience of a viewpoint character?

9. How does the importance of a character affect the change undergone, and what effect does it have on the writing of the narrative?

10. How can a presentation perspective and a representation perspective be successfully applied?

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