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

2. Who advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Friar Laurence.
(b) Count La Rochelle.
(c) Count Le Mans.
(d) Friar Lille.

3. What term refers to the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work?
(a) Friend.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Interest.
(d) Protagonist.

4. The author asserts that one key factor in obtaining conflict is what?
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Growth.

5. What refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Personality type.
(c) Race.
(d) Attitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lajos Egri's terminology for the physiological, psychological, and sociological makeup of a character?

2. What does Lajos Egri claim is the premise of "Othello"?

3. 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?

4. What refers to a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization?

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

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