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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II: Character, Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Plato.
(b) Heraclitus.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Aristotle.

2. Who kills Macbeth at the end of "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) Malcolm.
(b) Siward.
(c) Fleance.
(d) Macduff.

3. According to the author, you must present a character as _____.
(a) A principled person.
(b) An individual.
(c) An aesthetic.
(d) Beautiful.

4. What does the author claim causes motion in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?
(a) Craziness.
(b) Contradiction.
(c) Kinetic energy.
(d) Commotion.

5. Who is Macbeth's friend and a general in the army in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) Lennox.
(b) Macduff.
(c) Donalbain.
(d) Banquo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lajos Egri define as being what a writer sets out to prove with his story?

2. According to the author, every sensible invention must have _____.

3. What French author and dramatist is cited in Book I: The Premise as stating "How can you tell what road to take unless you know where you are going?"

4. What expressionist play by Lajos Egri was translated from Hungarian and produced at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York in the 1920s?

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

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