What role does the narrator play in a story?
Who Can You Trust? Unreliable Narrators (Feat. Lindsay Ellis) | PBS Digital Studios

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
They only provide background information.
They are just another character.
They control the plot and influence the reader's perception.
They have no impact on the story.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Who coined the term 'unreliable narrator'?
William Shakespeare
Mark Twain
Edgar Allan Poe
Wayne C. Booth
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which character is an example of a harmless unreliable narrator?
Humbert Humbert
Michael Scott
The governess in 'Turn of the Screw'
The narrator in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a characteristic of an unintentionally unreliable narrator?
They intentionally deceive the reader.
They have a skewed perception due to innocence or mental state.
They are always aware of their unreliability.
They are always morally corrupt.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does the reader experience a story with an unreliable narrator?
Through a single, clear perspective.
Through multiple lenses, including their own and the narrator's.
Without any bias or manipulation.
With complete trust in the narrator's account.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a potential effect of realizing a narrator is unreliable?
Feeling more intelligent and confident.
Feeling unmoored and questioning other narratives.
Feeling indifferent to the story.
Feeling more connected to the narrator.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do unreliable narrators remind us about our own storytelling?
That we are always accurate in our self-narration.
That we might also skew our own stories.
That we should never trust anyone.
That our perspective is always the correct one.
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