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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 Ayn Rand book, mentioned in Chapter 12, features sympathetic characters that are not transformed, but unmasked?
(a) The Fountainhead.
(b) Anthem.
(c) The Voice of Reason.
(d) We the Living.

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 has an average impact on it.
(c) It is a major part of it.
(d) It is only a small part of it.

3. What is "justification"?
(a) Presenting actions at the end of a narrative to explain earlier actions.
(b) Presenting details about a character to explain a past, present, or future event.
(c) Presenting actions early in a narrative to explain future actions.
(d) Presenting details around an action as it is occurring to explain that action.

4. How can a character appear to change while remaining unchanged?
(a) They only change in front of certain characters.
(b) The author does not develop the character effectively.
(c) They reveal the truth about who they were all along.
(d) The reader is misinterpreting the character.

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) Action.
(d) Will.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the beginning of Chapter 12, what changes along with people?

2. How should exaggeration be used when writing a comedy?

3. Which one of the following is an example listed in Chapter 12 of a transformation causing consequence that is beyond a character's control?

4. What exists to provide justification for unexplained changes?

5. What is an omniscient narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, how does the author describe the potential of a writer in finding characters?

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

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

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

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

6. How is the illusion of truth created?

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

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

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

10. What is "controlled disbelief"?

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