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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 can happen when an abnormal tense is chosen by a writer?
(a) It draws more attention to the story.
(b) It enhances the story.
(c) It draws attention away from the story.
(d) It replaces the story.

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

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

4. In the author's opinion, what must a transformation be?
(a) Logical.
(b) Justified.
(c) Complete.
(d) Justified and logical.

5. What is a viewpoint narrator?
(a) One that observes and comments on the narrative from the perspective of a single character.
(b) One that observes and comments on the narrative from the perspective of the reader.
(c) One that observes and comments on the narrative from the perspective of only the major characters.
(d) One that observes and comments on the narrative from the perspective of only the minor characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a common reaction to a change?

2. Which character in Pygmalion does the author use as an example of a character that changes him or herself?

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

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

5. What type of influences might cause a character to change?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the advantages to using an omniscient or limited narration?

2. What is "controlled disbelief"?

3. What are some of the techniques for interjecting humor?

4. What is the difference between an omniscient narrator and a viewpoint narrator?

5. How can a random transformation be written if it seems to occur for no reason?

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

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

8. In what ways can a character change him/herself?

9. What is the author's theory of how people experience transformations in life?

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

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