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Third Person Limited or Omniscient

Quiz by Abigail Padilla

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  • Q1
    When Ms. Flaherty was at school last Friday, someone brought donuts. Ms. Flaherty can never resist a donut, so she thought she should make her way up to the office to get one. She grabbed two donuts and ate them both. She felt sick when she got home, but she didn't want her fiancé to know that she ate two donuts because he might not make dessert, so she didn't tell him. He didn't seem to notice.
    third person omniscient
    third person limited
    300s
  • Q2
    What does omniscient mean?
    all-knowing
    limited knowledge
    300s
  • Q3
    Maddy decided to make her usual breakfast of a dozen eggs. She really enjoys cooking, so she tries to cook most of her meals. While she was cooking, she also listened to her favorite band. She was making quite a bit of noise. Unbeknownst to her, Maddy's neighbor was trying to study and was becoming very angry at all the noise.
    third person omniscient
    third person limited
    300s
  • Q4
    What does limited mean?
    only knowing a little bit
    300s
  • Q5
    Jaden signed into Minecraft at 7:00 p.m. to wait for Brayden and Jordin. They had all agreed to meet for an hour long session of video games. Jaden waited 10 minutes but started to get irritated that neither Brayden nor Jordin were signing on. After five more minutes, Jaden turned off the game and went outside to enjoy the clear air.
    third person omniscient
    third person limited
    300s
  • Q6
    Jaden signed into Minecraft at 7:00 p.m. to wait for Brayden and Jordin. They had all agreed to meet for an hour long session of video games. Jaden waited 10 minutes but started to get irritated that neither Brayden nor Jordin were signing on. After five more minutes, Jaden turned off the game and went outside to enjoy the clear air. Why is this point of view third person limited?
    Because readers are ALL-KNOWING of the thoughts and feelings of all characters. We are NOT limited to only Jaden's thoughts and feelings.
    Because readers are LIMITED to only Jaden's thoughts and feelings. We don't know the thoughts and feelings of the other characters.
    300s
  • Q7
    Kayla and Sheriff both love hip-hop, so when they found out that Mr. Reedy is good friends with DJ Khaled. They thought it was pretty cool.
    third person omniscient
    third person limited
    300s
  • Q8
    Kayla and Sheriff both love hip-hop, so when they found out that Mr. Reedy is good friends with DJ Khaled. They thought it was pretty cool. How do you know that this point of view is written in third person omniscient?
    We only know Kayla's thoughts, not Sheriff's.
    We know the thoughts of BOTH Kayla AND Sheriff.
    300s
  • Q9
    Everyone in the class was nervous about the upcoming test on point of view but most felt like they would do well.
    third person limited
    third person omniscient
    300s
  • Q10
    Everyone in the class was nervous about the upcoming test on point of view but most felt like they would do well. How do we know this point of view is written in third person omniscient?
    Because "most" people in the class "felt like they would do well." We don't know how everyone feels.
    Because "everyone" in the class was nervous. Here, we know everyone's feelings.
    300s
  • Q11
    People turned to look at Howard Roark as he passed. Some remained staring after him with sudden resentment. They could give no reason for it; it was an instinct his presence awakened in most people. Howard Roark saw no one. For him, the streets were empty. He could have walked there naked without concern.
    third person omniscient
    third person limited
    300s
  • Q12
    Ms. Gianni had always intended to visit Ms. David, though to the last always assuring her husband that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was paid, he had no knowledge of it.
    third person limited
    third person omniscient
    300s
  • Q13
    Captain Weston was a general favourite; and when the chances of his military life had introduced him to Miss Churchill, of a great Yorkshire family, and Miss Churchill fell in love with him, nobody was surprised, except her brother and his wife, who had never seen him, and who were full of pride and importance, which the connection would offend.
    third person omniscient
    third person limited
    300s
  • Q14
    "You are loathsome to me, repulsive!" she shrieked, getting more and more excited. "Your tears mean nothing. . . . You are hateful to me, disgusting, a stranger—yes, a complete stranger!" With pain and hatred she uttered the word so terrible to her—"stranger." He looked at her, and the fury expressed in her face alarmed and amazed him. He did not understand that his pity for her exasperated her. She saw in him sympathy for her, but not love.
    third person omniscient
    third person limited
    300s

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