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

2. What is the benefit of an omniscient narrator?
(a) It can provide a better understanding of the events for a reader.
(b) It can reveal more character in less time.
(c) It can provide a better understanding of the reasons behind the events for the reader.
(d) It can reveal more character in a way that is clearer.

3. 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.

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

5. Besides an individually defined character, what does the narrator of a first person story need?
(a) A reason for telling the story.
(b) A reason for his/her actions in the story.
(c) A knowledge of the major characters.
(d) A knowledge of all other characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Presentation perspective?

2. What difficulty exists when writing a first person narrative?

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

4. What is it that changes the control a writer has when they write words down?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the most common tenses used in narration and how does the author describe the risks involved with using different ones?

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

3. What is the value of justification and how does a writer decide the amount to include in a story?

4. How do "showing" and "telling" affect the story?

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

6. How can a writer explore a character's past?

7. What happens when a reader interprets a change in a character that was not intended?

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

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

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

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