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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was "Tobacco Road" first performed?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1933.
2. 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) Foreshadowing.
(c) Plot exposure.
(d) Psychic writing.
3. Where does the man in the author's short skit in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect invite a girl?
(a) To dinner.
(b) To a wedding.
(c) To a concert.
(d) To a play.
4. Tartuffe is whose houseguest in the play "Tartuffe"?
(a) Mariane.
(b) Elmire.
(c) Orgon.
(d) Madame Pernelle.
5. What does the author assert environment influences in drama?
(a) Premise.
(b) Action.
(c) Plot.
(d) Character.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the last name of Sorel and Simon in "Hay Fever"?
2. The action of "Hedda Gabler" takes place in a villa in _____.
3. Who is the pivotal character in "The Cherry Orchard"?
4. What does the author assert arises from environment and one's social situation?
5. Who is about to dedicate an orphanage that they have built in the play "Ghosts"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of conflict does the author exemplify in the play "Idiot's Delight"?
2. What is the importance of emotion in the character, according to Egri?
3. How does Egri's student describe the importance of dialogue in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue?
4. What is Egri's response to Aristotle's theory on story structure?
5. What is the author's example from "Tartuffe" regarding conflict?
6. How does the author describe jumping conflict?
7. What is the opposite of rising conflict?
8. How does the author relate conflict to genetics?
9. How does the author approach the discussion of exposition in a dramatic work?
10. What are the four divisions of conflict related by the author?
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