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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II: Character, Chapters 4 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, every sensible invention must have _____.
(a) An owner.
(b) A purpose.
(c) A price.
(d) Marketability.

2. Whom do Juliet's parents try to get her to marry in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Count Bordeaux.
(b) Count Marseille.
(c) Count Paris.
(d) Count Toulouse.

3. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.
(a) Enlightening.
(b) In conflict.
(c) Motivating.
(d) At stake for them.

4. What Classic Greek philosopher claimed character was secondary to action?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Heraclitus.
(c) Xenophanes.
(d) Sophocles.

5. What was Lajos Egri's profession when he arrived in the United States?
(a) Shoe shiner.
(b) Garment worker.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Chimney sweep.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. It is the job of the character to prove what?

3. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?

4. What term is called storyline, the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story?

5. What childless widow is friends with Nora in "A Doll's House"?

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