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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 term refers to the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population?
(a) Destiny.
(b) Challenges.
(c) Endurance.
(d) Environment.

2. Whom was Plato a student of?
(a) Heraclitus.
(b) Xenophanes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Socrates.

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?"
(a) Henri Bergson, the Older.
(b) Alexandre Dumas, the Younger.
(c) Jean-Paul Sartre, the Older.
(d) François Mauriac, the Younger.

4. Book II, Character, Chapter 2: Environment discusses how a man's environment, health, and what will shape him into what he is?
(a) Determination.
(b) Opinion.
(c) Economic background.
(d) Spirituality.

5. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?
(a) Antagonist.
(b) Hero.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Pivotal character.

Short Answer Questions

1. What French writer and critic born in 1849 said every play needs a goal?

2. What must every planned sprint have, according to the author in Book I: The Premise?

3. What does Lajos Egri state first and foremost the writer must have of his characters?

4. When did Lajos Egri come to the United States?

5. Who advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?

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