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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the amount of justification proportionate to?

3. Which Irish novelist does the author refer to when describing characters that change from situations beyond their control?

4. Which type of narrative is most often used when writing from a Representation perspective?

5. Which one of the following is an example of a character that remains unchanged?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are four basic factors that can be found in all narrative writing.

1) Describe milieu, how it works, and which stories feature it as the primary narrative.

2) Explain what the idea of a story is, which stories revolve around it, and how it changes the way the characters are developed.

3) Define character, the difficulties associated with a narrative based on character, and the techniques a writer can use to overcome them.

4) Explain what the event is, which types of stories are based on it, and the way fiction can use events to help make reality seem more logical.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the reasons why a character must be believable and how a writer can create them in a way that makes them more believable. Use the book as a reference to provide examples of how major characters and minor characters are developed in fiction.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the hierarchy of the three types of characters in fiction. Use the book to provide and describe examples of walk-ons, minor characters, and major characters, the main functions of each, and any similarities between them.

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