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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III: Conflict, Chapters 3 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author assert is the ideal type of conflict?
(a) Abrupt.
(b) Extreme.
(c) Rising.
(d) Confusing.

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

3. What term refers to the process of finding two differing bodies, making them the protagonist and antagonist, and making these characters so well defined that you are allowed to put them into a situation in which they are unable to make a compromise?
(a) Conflict escalation.
(b) Conflict creation.
(c) Dramatic writing.
(d) Orchestration.

4. Who wrote the play "A Doll's House"?
(a) Henrik Ibsen.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) August Strindberg.
(d) Anton Chekhov.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reveals he has entered the terminal stage of tuberculosis in "A Doll's House"?

2. In the beginning of "Hedda Gabler", the heroine has just returned home from _____.

3. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author creates a skit where an abandoned street dog makes friends with what?

4. Who suffers from inherited syphilis in the play "Ghosts"?

5. What term refers to a person represented in a drama or story?

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