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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III: Conflict, Chapters 1 -2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term means a striking exhibition of unlikeness?
(a) Contrast.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Conflict.

2. What classical Greek Athenian philosopher was credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy and was known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Heraclitus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

3. According to the author, a character must represent the influence his _____ has had on him.
(a) Upbringing.
(b) Environment.
(c) Faith.
(d) Education.

4. The author undoubtedly wants his characters to be the play in order to express _____.
(a) The suspense.
(b) The ending.
(c) The plot.
(d) The premise.

5. What American writer wrote "The root-idea is the beginning of the process"?
(a) John Howard Lawson.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Langston Hughes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't the man in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites take the dog home?

2. Whom do Juliet's parents try to get her to marry in "Romeo and Juliet"?

3. What is defined as the organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for what occurs later in the work?

4. Who is Romeo's cousin in "Romeo and Juliet"?

5. What Classic Greek philosopher claimed character was secondary to action?

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