Assess understanding of narrative perspective and unreliable narrators in modern and contemporary fiction. Test identification of point of view (first/second/third; limited vs. omniscient), focalization and free indirect discourse, common forms and causes of unreliability (bias, deception, memory lapses, psychological instability), and techniques for detecting unreliability (incongruent details, narrative gaps, linguistic shifts, framing devices). Include close-reading of 20th–21st-century fiction passages, short analytical responses on interpretive effects (theme, characterization, reader response), and questions useful for syllabus design and classroom assessment for adult learners and professional development.