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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. Why can't the man in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites take the dog home?
(a) His wife hates stray animals.
(b) He owns several cats.
(c) He is allergic to dogs.
(d) He thinks it will bite him.

2. The Sophists taught what, meaning quality or excellence as the highest value and determinant of one's actions in life?
(a) Accomplishment.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Arete.
(d) Wealth.

3. Who translated Ibsen's "The Pillars of Society" to English?
(a) August Strindberg.
(b) Anton Chekhov.
(c) William Archer.
(d) Lajos Egri.

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

5. According to the author, a character must represent the influence his _____ has had on him.
(a) Upbringing.
(b) Environment.
(c) Education.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of King Lear?

3. What movement arose in early 20th century German theater of which Georg Kaiser and Ernst Toller were the most famous playwrights?

4. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?

5. "Romeo and Juliet" begins with a feud between the Capulets and _____.

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