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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. Why can't the man in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites take the dog home?
(a) He is allergic to dogs.
(b) He owns several cats.
(c) He thinks it will bite him.
(d) His wife hates stray animals.

2. In rising conflict, each conflict causes _____.
(a) The one after it.
(b) A resolution.
(c) Character growth.
(d) More drama.

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. What term refers to the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population?
(a) Challenges.
(b) Endurance.
(c) Environment.
(d) Destiny.

5. Who kills Macbeth at the end of "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) Siward.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Macduff.
(d) Fleance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book III: Conflict, Chapter 1: Origin of Action, the author claims that every action has components that _____.

2. What refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals?

3. What expressionist play by Lajos Egri was translated from Hungarian and produced at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York in the 1920s?

4. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of King Lear?

5. 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?

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