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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II: Character, Chapters 10 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the man who meets the dog going in the author's scenario in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) The Library.
(c) Work.
(d) The courthouse.

2. What term is called storyline, the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story?
(a) Meaning.
(b) Tale.
(c) Plot.
(d) Drama.

3. Who is the father of Oedipus?
(a) King Laius.
(b) Creon.
(c) King Pelops.
(d) Jocasta.

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

5. Whom does Macbeth first kill in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) King Duncan.
(b) Banquo.
(c) Seyton.
(d) Lennox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of "Romeo and Juliet"?

2. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?

3. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.

4. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author asserts that characters must be what?

5. What American writer wrote "The root-idea is the beginning of the process"?

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