Which of the following is a trait of the third-person limited narrator?
a. it does not provide any character's viewpoint in a literary work, but rather provides detail about the setting and the plot.
b. it provides the viewpoint of a single character and reveals information only through that character's perspective.
c. it provides the viewpoints of only the main characters and provides considerable information about the main character's motivations.
d. it uses only the viewpoints of the supporting characters in a literary work to describe the main character.
e. it can provide the viewpoints of all the characters in a literary work, but in a limited manner.

letter e is actually incorrect. it refers to a third-person omniscient.

the right answer is b: it provides the viewpoint of a single character and reveals information only through that character's perspective.

the third-person limited narrator usually follows one character throughout the story, observing that character's feelings, reactions, and thoughts. and it's through such character's perspective that the others are observed and conclusions are drawn. it is as if the reader only receives the information that that character receives as well.

however, some freedom is still allowed with the third-person limited narrator. some discussion of the other characters may take place (by the narrator), even though not in depth. that wouldn't happen, for instance, if the first-person narrator were used, since in that case the narrator is the character. when the first-person is used, readers get to know much more about the narrator-character, but less of the others, unless the information is directly obtained by the main character somehow.