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

2. Who wrote the play "Stevedore"?
(a) Edna Ferber.
(b) Henrik Ibsen.
(c) Paul Peters.
(d) George S. Kaufman.

3. When a scene ends the same way it begins, it is ____, and therefore boring because it ignores drama, according to the author.
(a) Static.
(b) Recurring.
(c) Redundant.
(d) Déjà vu.

4. Who is the priest in the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Cleric Alving.
(b) Cleric Engstrand.
(c) Pastor Manders.
(d) Pastor Engstrand.

5. Lajos Egri asserts that growth is a real character's reaction to his _____.
(a) Conflict.
(b) Environment.
(c) Accomplishments.
(d) Luck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Oedipus marry?

2. When was "Oedipus Rex" first performed?

3. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?

4. Who wrote "The Cherry Orchard"?

5. What verb means to lay stress upon stress?

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