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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 enhances the story.
(b) It draws more attention to the story.
(c) It replaces the story.
(d) It draws attention away from the story.

2. In Chapter 11, what does the author state makes a character believable?
(a) The portrayal of truth.
(b) The absence of truth.
(c) The allusion to truth.
(d) The illusion of truth.

3. What should the writer avoid when defining the voice of a narrator?
(a) Underuse of metaphors.
(b) Underuse of speech habit.
(c) Overuse of speech habit.
(d) Overuse of metaphors.

4. What distinguishes a first person narrative from other forms?
(a) It is slightly more intimate.
(b) It is slightly less intimate.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) It is much more intimate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What should the motives reveal when making a character more believable?

2. What is the benefit of an omniscient narrator?

3. According to the author in Chapter 10, what is comedy almost always about?

4. What is the amount of justification proportionate to?

5. What is "justification"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are some of the different voices a person uses based on the situation?

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

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

10. How is the illusion of truth created?

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