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

3. When the character neither has a strong will nor knows what he wants, what kind of conflict arises?
(a) Fermented.
(b) Stale.
(c) Static.
(d) Stagnant.

4. 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) Psychic writing.
(c) Plot exposure.
(d) Foreshadowing.

5. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.
(a) In conflict.
(b) At stake for them.
(c) Enlightening.
(d) Motivating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Oedipus marry?

2. Who is Nora's husband in "A Doll's House"?

3. What does the author assert environment influences in drama?

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

5. The author asserts by example that what act more as a unit than humans?

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