2. How much impact does sound have on the types of voices the author is discussing in Chapter 13?
(a) It has no impact on it.
(b) It is only a small part of it.
(c) It is a major part of it.
(d) It has an average impact on it.

3. What effect does writing down words have as opposed to speaking them?
(a) Writing them down makes the voice more formal.
(b) Writing them down makes them less confusing.
(c) Writing them down makes the voice more informal.
(d) Writing them down makes them more confusing.

4. What does the term, "downplaying", refer to in comedy?
(a) Making more of a triumph instead of less.
(b) Making less of a setback instead of more.
(c) Making more of a setback instead of less.
(d) Making less of a triumph instead of more.

5. Which one of the following is not given in Chapter 12 as a reason for characters to change themselves?
(a) External circumstances.
(b) Greed.
(c) Will.
(d) Action.

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

7. How can changes in people be perceived by others?
(a) They might not understand it.
(b) They will never understand it.
(c) They might not want to understand it.
(d) They will always understand it.

8. What is the result of a narrative that feels like an act of memory?
(a) An increased intimacy.
(b) A lack of intimacy.
(c) An increase in repetition.
(d) A lack of repetition.

9. What does "controlled disbelief" refer to?
(a) When a character makes another character go along with something neither one of them believe.
(b) When a character makes another character go along with something they cannot believe.
(c) When a character goes along with something they cannot believe.
(d) When a character refuses to go along with something they cannot believe.

10. What is it that changes the control a writer has when they write words down?
(a) The fact that a writer speaks without thinking.
(b) The fact that a writer can see the words.
(c) The fact that a writer cannot hear the words.
(d) The fact that a writer writes without thinking.

11. What type of speech patterns do people use when they are talking into a recorder?
(a) A lower voice than normal.
(b) Their normal speaking voice.
(c) A higher voice than normal.
(d) Their dictation dialect.

12. Which perspective is placed on the humor by a writer in a comedy?
(a) Narrow.
(b) Skewed.
(c) Unreasonable.
(d) Reasonable.

13. Which series of novels by Robert Parker are listed as an example of characters that are influenced to change?
(a) Jesse Stone.
(b) Spenser.
(c) Philip Marlowe.
(d) Sunny Randall.

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

15. In general, how do people write in comparison to the way they speak?
(a) They write worse than they speak.
(b) They write slower than they speak.
(c) They write better than they speak.
(d) They write faster than they speak.