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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: General, Chapters 9 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term means a striking exhibition of unlikeness?
(a) Contrast.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

2. Whom is Christine in love with in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Torvald.
(b) Dr. Rank.
(c) Nora.
(d) Krogstad.

3. What does Lajos Egri define as a state of things in which a decisive change one way or another is impending?
(a) Turning point.
(b) Milestone.
(c) Crisis.
(d) Fork in the road.

4. Who wrote the play "Dinner at Eight"?
(a) Henrik Ibsen.
(b) George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber.
(c) Edna Ferber.
(d) George S. Kaufman.

5. When was "Tobacco Road" first performed?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original title of "The Art of Dramatic Writing"?

2. What verb means to lay stress upon stress?

3. Where was Lajos Egri born?

4. The author writes that society is an atom of the universe, and that when a writer creates a fine and bold character, he is reproducing _____.

5. The premise of a dramatic work, according to the author, is not the same as _____.

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