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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. Who is the pivotal character in "The Cherry Orchard"?
(a) Varya.
(b) Anya.
(c) Mme. Ranevsky.
(d) Leonid Andreyevitch Gaev.

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

3. In rising conflict, each conflict causes _____.
(a) A resolution.
(b) More drama.
(c) The one after it.
(d) Character growth.

4. The author stresses that it is bad play writing to create atmosphere and gather evidence of the problem before establishing _____.
(a) Environment.
(b) Plot.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Characters.

5. It is the job of the character to prove what?
(a) The moral.
(b) The premise.
(c) The plot.
(d) The truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a lack of conflict in a scene or play?

2. What is Nora's last name in "A Doll's House"?

3. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.

4. What happens at the end of "The Cherry Orchard"?

5. What refers to the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA?

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