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

2. 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 absurdity of something.
(c) When a narrator points out the seriousness of something.
(d) When a character points out the irony of something.

3. What are the other words used by the author to describe random transformations in characters?
(a) Absurd and caused.
(b) Deliberate and uncaused.
(c) Absurd and uncaused.
(d) Deliberate and caused.

4. Based on the author's quote at the end of Chapter 16, when is a first person narrative not worth doing?
(a) When it does not reveal the opinions of the narrator.
(b) When it reveals the opinions of the narrator.
(c) When it does not reveal the narrator's character.
(d) When it reveals the narrator's character.

5. As explained in Chapter 12, which author wrote stories that featured characters that did not change by their own motives?
(a) Thomas Hardy.
(b) C. S. Forester.
(c) A A Milne.
(d) D. H. Lawrence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the benefit of an omniscient narrator?

2. What do third person narratives transcend?

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

4. How can a character effectively have a random transformation?

5. What is a Representation perspective?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 are some of the techniques for interjecting humor?

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

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