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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is defined as the organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for what occurs later in the work?
(a) Moral giveaway.
(b) Plot exposure.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Psychic writing.

2. When the character neither has a strong will nor knows what he wants, what kind of conflict arises?
(a) Stagnant.
(b) Static.
(c) Stale.
(d) Fermented.

3. In Book III: Conflict, Chapter 1: Origin of Action, the author claims that every action has components that _____.
(a) Cause it to happen.
(b) Cause conflict.
(c) Cause pain.
(d) Require thinking.

4. Who is a carpenter in the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Captain Alving.
(b) Pastor Manders.
(c) Jacob Engstrand.
(d) Oswald Alving.

5. What happens at the end of "The Cherry Orchard"?
(a) Everyone drinks cherry wine.
(b) The cherries are harvested.
(c) A new orchard is planted.
(d) The orchard is cut down.

6. How many children does Nora have in "A Doll's House"?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

7. What playwright does the author assert produced badly written plays after World War II had just finished, and dealt with problems rather tame and different, compared to what people had just gone through with the war?
(a) Osias L. Schwarz.
(b) Robert E. Sherwood.
(c) Erskine Caldwell.
(d) Noel Coward.

8. What term refers to a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation to discover something unknown or of testing a principle?
(a) Experiment.
(b) Dry run.
(c) Guess work.
(d) Sample.

9. Why does the man in the author's short skit in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect realize he cannot date a girl?
(a) He is too poor.
(b) He is ugly.
(c) He is too short.
(d) He is too fat.

10. What verb means to lay stress upon stress?
(a) Blow up.
(b) Emphasize.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Categorize.

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

12. "Hymn to the Rising Sun" is cited in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue to prove how _____ can be put forth competently without force or illogical, out-of-character dialogue?
(a) Rhetoric.
(b) Messages.
(c) Opinion.
(d) Ideas.

13. What dance does the character of Nora famously dance in "A Doll's House"?
(a) The Waltz.
(b) The Jitterbug.
(c) The Tango.
(d) The Tarantella.

14. The author asserts that despite bad writing, many plays garner fans because _____.
(a) Their subject is unique.
(b) The costumes are well designed.
(c) The actors are attractive.
(d) The playwright is well known.

15. Who wrote the play "Idiot's Delight"?
(a) John Howard Lawson.
(b) Robert E. Sherwood.
(c) Erskine Caldwell.
(d) Paul Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hedda's married name in the play "Hedda Gabler"?

2. Who is the pivotal character in "The Cherry Orchard"?

3. To examine how gradually a person moves from one pole to the other, the author cites from one of _____ works that studies the peaceful death of a perfectly healthy old man.

4. What is the last name of Sorel and Simon in "Hay Fever"?

5. The author asserts by example that what act more as a unit than humans?

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