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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 Ayn Rand book, mentioned in Chapter 12, features sympathetic characters that are not transformed, but unmasked?
(a) Anthem.
(b) The Voice of Reason.
(c) We the Living.
(d) The Fountainhead.

2. Which type of narrative is most often used when writing from a Representation perspective?
(a) First person or second person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

3. What is a common reaction to a change?
(a) People might be saddened by it.
(b) People might be confused by it.
(c) People might be amused by it.
(d) People might be fearful of it.

4. What reason does a character have for going through a random transformation?
(a) An unexplained reason.
(b) A logical reason.
(c) No reason.
(d) An illogical reason.

5. What types of details are necessary to make a character believable?
(a) Relevant, but inappropriate.
(b) Relevant and appropriate.
(c) Irrelevant and inappropriate.
(d) Irrelevant, but appropriate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In comedy, how should a transformation be presented?

2. What does the term, "downplaying", refer to in comedy?

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

4. As explained in Chapter 15, what is the time difference in "showing" and "telling"?

5. What is an omniscient narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is "controlled disbelief"?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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