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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: General, Chapters 1 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one line of dialogue, a character will be delighted with their life, and two lines later, disturbingly mad. What kind of conflict is this an example of?
(a) Bi-polar.
(b) Jumping.
(c) Flip-flop.
(d) Unpredictable.

2. According to the author, characters must do what, for if a character is the same way in the beginning as he is in the end, the play is bad?
(a) Grow.
(b) Traverse.
(c) Diminish.
(d) Transcribe.

3. Who wrote the play "Tartuffe"?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Moliere.
(c) Ibsen.
(d) Egri.

4. Who wrote the play "Hymn to the Rising Sun"?
(a) John Howard Lawson.
(b) Erskine Caldwell.
(c) Paul Green.
(d) Robert E. Sherwood.

5. Who suffers from inherited syphilis in the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Helene.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Regina.
(d) Oswald.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Nora arrived from in the beginning of "A Doll's House"?

2. How is the man described in the author's short skit presented in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect?

3. Lajos Egri compels the writer to know that their characters should not be dependent on their _____.

4. Who is the father of Oedipus?

5. Who offers an explanation of dialogue in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue?

(see the answer key)

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