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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. How does a flashback affect the present narrative?
(a) It slows the narrative down.
(b) It does not affect the narrative.
(c) It stops the narrative.
(d) It speeds the narrative up.

2. What is a Presentation perspective?
(a) A narrative that prevents the reader from responding to a story.
(b) A narrative that influences the reader how to respond to the story.
(c) A narrative that allows the reader to forget they are being told a story.
(d) A narrative that reminds the reader they are being told a story.

3. As explained in Chapter 15, what is the time difference in "showing" and "telling"?
(a) Showing takes more time than telling.
(b) Showing and telling take the same amount of time.
(c) Showing takes less time than telling.
(d) The time for both showing and telling depends on the writer.

4. What difficulty exists when writing a first person narrative?
(a) The closeness in space.
(b) The distance in space.
(c) The closeness in time.
(d) The distance in time.

5. What makes the techniques for interjecting humor even more effective?
(a) An emotional or historical reason.
(b) An emotional, logical, or historical reason.
(c) A logical or historical reason.
(d) An emotional or logical reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an omniscient narrator?

2. What is the amount of justification proportionate to?

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

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

5. Which one of the following is not given in Chapter 12 as a reason for characters to change themselves?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the illusion of truth created?

3. What can contribute to a powerful sense of attitude for a character?

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

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

6. How does the importance of a character affect the change undergone, and what effect does it have on the writing of the narrative?

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

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

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

10. What is "controlled disbelief"?

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