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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 does a flashback affect the present narrative?
(a) It stops the narrative.
(b) It speeds the narrative up.
(c) It slows the narrative down.
(d) It does not affect the narrative.

2. According to the author in Chapter 10, what is comedy almost always about?
(a) Betrayal.
(b) Vengeance.
(c) Accidents.
(d) Pain.

3. What are the most popular forms of narration?
(a) Second person or third person.
(b) First person or third person.
(c) First person or second person.
(d) First person, second person, or third person.

4. 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 reader is hearing.
(d) What the narrator believes he/she is saying.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What must happen when a narrator does not describe an event in a first person narration?

2. In general, how do people write in comparison to the way they speak?

3. Which one of the following is an example listed in Chapter 12 of a transformation causing consequence that is beyond a character's control?

4. In order to help make a character more believable, how should the details be presented?

5. What do third person narratives transcend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. What are some of the consequences that are beyond a character's control and provoke a transformation?

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

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

9. What choice must a writer make when using a first person narrative, and what should influence the decision?

10. What are some of the limitations and advantages of the first person narrative?

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