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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III: Conflict, Chapters 8 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nora's last name in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Torvald.
(b) Rank.
(c) Helmer.
(d) Krogstad.

2. 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.

3. Who wrote the play "A Doll's House"?
(a) Henrik Ibsen.
(b) August Strindberg.
(c) Anton Chekhov.
(d) William Shakespeare.

4. What philosopher surmised that "every story must have a beginning, middle, and an end"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Homer.
(d) Socrates.

5. According to the author, characters must do what, for if a character is the same way in the beginning as he is in the end, the play is bad?
(a) Transcribe.
(b) Traverse.
(c) Grow.
(d) Diminish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?

2. What childless widow is friends with Nora in "A Doll's House"?

3. When did "The Cherry Orchard" premiere?

4. The antagonist in a play or work of literature faces off against _____.

5. Who is the object of Tartuffe's lust in "Tartuffe"?

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