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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. Lajos Egri compels the writer to know that their characters should not be dependent on their _____.
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Premise.
(c) Pen.
(d) Imagination.

2. Who is the father of Oedipus?
(a) King Laius.
(b) Creon.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) King Pelops.

3. What refers to the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA?
(a) Gout.
(b) Genes.
(c) Genome.
(d) Trait.

4. What Classic Greek philosopher claimed character was secondary to action?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Xenophanes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Heraclitus.

5. What does Egri define as the no-return point and the highest in the scene?
(a) Apex.
(b) Event horizon.
(c) Peak.
(d) Climax.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Oedipus marry?

2. Whom is Christine in love with in "A Doll's House"?

3. The author writes that transition has the power to connect two emotions that are seemingly _____.

4. Where has Nora arrived from in the beginning of "A Doll's House"?

5. How is the man described in the author's short skit presented in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect?

(see the answer key)

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