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

3. What does Lajos Egri define as being what a writer sets out to prove with his story?
(a) The laws of science.
(b) The premise.
(c) The truth.
(d) The plot.

4. What character element is established from detailing his body and health, the people around him and his environment, and his mind?
(a) Tridimensionality.
(b) Quadradimensionality.
(c) Pentadimensionality.
(d) Bidimensionality.

5. What was the original title of "The Art of Dramatic Writing"?
(a) "A Playwright's Dream".
(b) "How to Write a Play".
(c) "The Stage".
(d) "Acting In the Modern World".

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author claims that a man's _____ will react to something that affects him physically more so than his body.

3. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?

4. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.

5. 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?

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