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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II: Character, Chapters 4 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lajos Egri define as being what a writer sets out to prove with his story?
(a) The truth.
(b) The premise.
(c) The laws of science.
(d) The plot.

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

3. Who is Romeo's cousin in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Mercutio.
(b) Friar John.
(c) Abram.
(d) Benvolio.

4. In Book II: Character, Chapter 5: Strength of Will in a Character, the author sets up a situation where a crime is committed with supposedly no ______.
(a) Motive.
(b) Weapon.
(c) Victim.
(d) Timetable.

5. When did Lajos Egri die?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did Nora borrow money in "A Doll's House"?

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

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

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

5. Whom does Macbeth first kill in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?

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