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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III: Conflict, Chapters 1 -2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What French author and dramatist is cited in Book I: The Premise as stating "How can you tell what road to take unless you know where you are going?"
(a) François Mauriac, the Younger.
(b) Henri Bergson, the Older.
(c) Alexandre Dumas, the Younger.
(d) Jean-Paul Sartre, the Older.

2. According to the author, characters must do what, for if a character is the same way in the beginning as he is in the end, the play is bad?
(a) Diminish.
(b) Grow.
(c) Transcribe.
(d) Traverse.

3. What French writer and critic born in 1849 said every play needs a goal?
(a) Jean Giraudoux.
(b) Pierre de Ronsard.
(c) Jean Michel Jarre.
(d) Ferdinand Brunetière.

4. Who translated Ibsen's "The Pillars of Society" to English?
(a) Lajos Egri.
(b) August Strindberg.
(c) Anton Chekhov.
(d) William Archer.

5. What does the author assert is imperative because it shows how a character can move from one emotion to another?
(a) Chapters.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Transition.
(d) Paragraphs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the man live with, in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?

2. When the character neither has a strong will nor knows what he wants, what kind of conflict arises?

3. What classical Greek Athenian philosopher was credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy and was known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students?

4. Book II, Character, Chapter 2: Environment discusses how a man's environment, health, and what will shape him into what he is?

5. What does Oedipus do in the ending of "Oedipus Rex"?

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