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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. Lajos Egri compels the writer to know that their characters should not be dependent on their _____.
(a) Imagination.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Pen.
(d) Premise.

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 Le Mans.
(c) Count La Rochelle.
(d) Friar Lille.

3. What classical Greek Athenian philosopher was credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy and was known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students?
(a) Heraclitus.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

4. In Book II: Character, Chapter 5: Strength of Will in a Character, the author sets up a situation where a crime is committed with supposedly no ______.
(a) Motive.
(b) Timetable.
(c) Victim.
(d) Weapon.

5. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?
(a) Pivotal character.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipus do in the ending of "Oedipus Rex"?

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

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

4. What term is defined by Webster's Dictionary as "a proposition antecedently supposed or proved; a basis of argument. A proposition stated or assumed as leading to a conclusion"?

5. What is Nora's last name in "A Doll's House"?

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