1. What term is called storyline, the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story?
(a) Tale.
(b) Drama.
(c) Plot.
(d) Meaning.

2. What term refers to the process of finding two differing bodies, making them the protagonist and antagonist, and making these characters so well defined that you are allowed to put them into a situation in which they are unable to make a compromise?
(a) Orchestration.
(b) Dramatic writing.
(c) Conflict creation.
(d) Conflict escalation.

3. When was Lajos Egri born?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1888.

4. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of King Lear?
(a) "Blind trust leads to destruction."
(b) "Love rewards death."
(c) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."
(d) "Jealousy destroys itself and the object of its love."

5. In Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach, the author exemplifies his approach by creating a female character who turns to _____.
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?

3. What does the author assert is the ideal type of conflict?

4. From whom did Nora borrow money in "A Doll's House"?

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

(see the answer key)

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