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

2. What expressionist play by Lajos Egri was translated from Hungarian and produced at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York in the 1920s?
(a) "Devils".
(b) "Believe Me or Not".
(c) "Rapid Transit".
(d) "There Will be No Performance".

3. According to the author, you must present a character as _____.
(a) An aesthetic.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) A principled person.
(d) An individual.

4. What does the author assert arises from environment and one's social situation?
(a) Opinions.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Conflict.

5. Whom does the man live with, in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a person represented in a drama or story?

2. What term refers to the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work?

3. What was Lajos Egri's profession when he arrived in the United States?

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

5. What term refers to a lack of conflict in a scene or play?

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