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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. 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 pretends to change.
(d) A character who wants to change, but cannot.

2. According to the author in the beginning of Chapter 12, what changes along with people?
(a) Their behavior.
(b) Their situation.
(c) Their attitude.
(d) Their goals.

3. What does the term, "take", describe in a comedy?
(a) When a narrator points out the inaccuracies of something.
(b) When a character points out the irony of something.
(c) When a character points out the absurdity of something.
(d) When a narrator points out the seriousness of something.

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

5. What is the result of a narrative that feels like an act of memory?
(a) An increased intimacy.
(b) A lack of repetition.
(c) An increase in repetition.
(d) A lack of intimacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a flashback affect the present narrative?

2. What is "justification"?

3. How do the motives of a believable character affect the direction of the story?

4. What are the other words used by the author to describe random transformations in characters?

5. What reason does a character have for going through a random transformation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the illusion of truth created?

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

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

4. What creates believable characters, according to the author in, "The Serious Character: Make Us Believe"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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