What role does the narrator play in fiction according to the video?

Unreliable Narrators in Literature

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The narrator is a minor character.
The narrator is always the hero.
The narrator has no influence on the plot.
The narrator controls the plot and influences the reader.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What is an unreliable narrator?
A narrator who is the main character.
A narrator who is always truthful.
A narrator who presents events in a skewed or disconnected way.
A narrator who tells the story accurately.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Who coined the term 'unreliable narrator'?
Edgar Allan Poe
William Shakespeare
Mark Twain
Wayne C. Booth
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which character is an example of a manipulative unreliable narrator?
The governess in 'Turn of the Screw'
Forrest Gump
Michael Scott
Huckleberry Finn
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a characteristic of unintentionally unreliable narrators?
They intentionally deceive the reader.
They have a clear and accurate perception of events.
Their perception is distorted by fear or guilt.
They are always the villain.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which novel features a family full of unreliable narrators?
The Sound and the Fury
Lolita
Gone Girl
Fight Club
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does an unreliable narrator enhance the reader's experience?
By offering multiple perspectives simultaneously.
By always telling the truth.
By confusing the reader.
By providing a single perspective.
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the deeper fear related to unreliable narrators?
That narrators have no influence.
That stories are always accurate.
That narrators are always truthful.
That we are our own unreliable narrators.
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